If and
when full scale shale gas production moves ahead in the province and
becomes a reality, there has to be better monitoring of air quality at
production sites because there isn't any now.
That,
according to the Health Watch Advisor for the Conservation Council who
points to Penobsquis with its 16 gas well pads and 30 gas wells. Inka
Milewski tells Tide News government oversight is among the missing
despite all the industrialisation with no permanent air quality
monitoring regime in place and the province not reporting publicly on
how good or bad the air is.
Milewski
claims the air at gas production sites is a major public health concern
because of the presence of carcinogens in the form of volatile organic
compounds like benzine.