1.letter-to-ministers-mckenna-philpott-and-bennett-re-pacific-northwest-lng-health-impact-assessment-september-2016-1064f6bf1005b856.pdf

The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and other health professionals argue that the Pacific Northwest LNG Project should be rejected because its environmental assessment fails to fully consider human health impacts. They highlight that the project's emissions would consume a significant portion of British Columbia's 2050 carbon budget, contradicting the Paris Agreement. Additionally, they cite evidence of local health risks from hydraulic fracturing, including groundwater contamination and reproductive toxicity, and express concern over the psychological distress ('solastalgia') and treaty rights violations affecting Indigenous communities, specifically the Blueberry River First Nations.

• The Pacific Northwest LNG project is viewed as incompatible with the climate goals of British Columbia and Canada, potentially consuming a vast portion of BC's 2050 carbon budget. Estimates of CO2 equivalents range from the Government of BC's 3.7 million tonnes per year to between 11.7-13.9 Mt CO2e/year when upstream emissions are included.
• There is a significant body of peer-reviewed evidence linking hydraulic fracturing to public health hazards. A systematic assessment from 2009-2015 found that 84% of public health studies, 69% of water quality studies, and 87% of air quality studies indicated adverse outcomes or contamination.
• Specific health risks associated with fracking include endocrine disruption, increased asthma rates, groundwater contamination, and reproductive or developmental toxicity. One study found that for 76% of chemicals used in fracking fluids, no toxicological data were available, while 43% and 40% of the remaining substances were associated with reproductive and developmental toxicity in humans, respectively.
• Water resource monitoring in the Peace River area is described as profoundly inadequate, which is concerning given the project's estimated water requirement of 5.1 million m3 by 2030.
• The project is likely to cause 'solastalgia'—intense psychological distress from rapid landscape change—and threatens the treaty rights and traditional lands of Aboriginal communities, specifically the Blueberry River First Nations.
• The authors argue that the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency's evaluation of the project failed to include a full consideration of human health impacts, which they believe negates the review's ability to determine if the project is in the public interest.

APA

Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (2016). 1.letter-to-ministers-mckenna-philpott-and-bennett-re-pacific-northwest-lng-health-impact-assessment-september-2016-1064f6bf1005b856.pdf. https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1.Letter-to-Ministers-McKenna-Philpott-and-Bennett-re-Pacific-Northwest-LNG-health-impact-assessment-September-2016.pdf#new_tab

Chicago

Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. 1.letter-to-ministers-mckenna-philpott-and-bennett-re-pacific-northwest-lng-health-impact-assessment-september-2016-1064f6bf1005b856.pdf. 2016. https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1.Letter-to-Ministers-McKenna-Philpott-and-Bennett-re-Pacific-Northwest-LNG-health-impact-assessment-September-2016.pdf#new_tab.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{canadianassociationofphysiciansfortheenvironment20161lettertoministersmckennaphilpottandbennettrepacificnorthwestlnghealthimpactassessmentseptember20161064f6bf1005b856pdf, author = {{Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}}, title = {{1.letter-to-ministers-mckenna-philpott-and-bennett-re-pacific-northwest-lng-health-impact-assessment-september-2016-1064f6bf1005b856.pdf}}, publisher = {Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}, year = {2016}, month = sep, url = {https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1.Letter-to-Ministers-McKenna-Philpott-and-Bennett-re-Pacific-Northwest-LNG-health-impact-assessment-September-2016.pdf#new_tab}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }