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Abstract
Public health often deals with inconvenient truths. These are best communicated and acted on when public health agencies are independent of the organizations or individuals for whom the truths are inconvenient. The importance of public health independence is exemplified by the lack of involvement of the Pennsylvania Department of Health in responding to health concerns about shale gas drilling. Pennsylvania Department of Health involvement has been forestalled by the state governor, who has intensely supported shale gas development.Mesh:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24328620 PMCID: PMC3935696 DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301755
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Public Health ISSN: 0090-0036 Impact factor: 9.308