SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROJECT
www.environmentalhealthproject.org
Resource list
SWPA-ESC recommends contacting the following individuals with specific questions on air and water
quality testing and concerns. In addition, we have listed several clinical contacts as well. Page 2 lists online
resources and links to applicable research.
Water Monitoring
Ben Stout, PhD
Professor of Biology, Wheeling Jesuit University
bens@wju.edu
(304) 243-2316 office
Air Monitoring
David Brown, ScD
dbrown@environmentalhealthproject.org
203-259-5698
Clinical Resources
Carl Werntz, DO, MPH: cwerntz@hsc.wvu.edu
Director – Osteopathic Occupational Medicine Residency, West Virginia University School of Medicine
Poison Control Center Philadelphia:
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Dr. Fred Henretig: henretig@email.chop.edu
215-590-4713
Dr. Kevin Osterhoudt: osterhoudtk@email.chop.edu
215-590-3335
Presenters at 7/20/12 event
Pouné Saberi, MD, MPH
University of Pennsylvania Occupational and Environmental Medicine
pounesaberi@yahoo.com
Leslie Walleigh, MD, MPH
SWPA-EHP Environmental and Occupational Health Consultant
lwalleigh@environmentalhealthproject.org
Peter Rabinowitz, MD, MPH
Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program
peter.rabinowitz@yale.edu
4198 Washington Road Suite 5, McMurray, PA 15317
Office: 724.260.5504 Cell: 724.249.7501
Additional Resources, NGO’s and Regulatory Agencies
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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Philadelphia, Region 3
Ana Pomales-Schickli, MS, Regional Representative
(215) 814-5716, fwa9@cdc.gov
Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU) EPA Region 3
(202) 994-1166, http://www.aoec.org/pehsu.htm
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)
(202) 667-4260, www.psr.org
Research & Online Educational Materials
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Bamberger M., Oswald R.E. Impacts of gas drilling on human and animal health. New Solutions
Vol. 22(1) 51-77, 2012
Review article: Taiwo et al: Recognizing Occupational Illness and Injuries American Family
Physician 2011, available at http://www.aafp.org/afp/2010/0715/p169.pdf
OSHA-NIOSH Hazard Alert for Worker Exposure to Silica During Hydraulic Fracturing: Available
at: http://www.osha.gov/dts/hazardalerts/hydraulic_frac_hazard_alert.html
“ ‘It’s like we’re losing our love’: Documenting and Evaluating Social Change in Bradford County
PA during the Marcellus Shale Gas Boom (2009-11)” Simona Perry, PhD, research scientist,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
http://mediasite.cidde.pitt.edu/mediasite/SilverlightPlayer/Default.aspx?peid=689293c50f40
4f12b8c628b8f2285780
http://www.cleanair.org/program/outdoor_air_pollution/marcellus_shale/%E2%80%9Ccom
mon_senses%E2%80%9D_citizen_air_monitoring
For information on health and VOCs:
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Benzene: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxguides/toxguide-3.pdf
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Ethylbenzene: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxguides/toxguide-110.pdf
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Hexane: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/TF.asp?id=392&tid=68
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Toluene: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/tf.asp?id=160&tid=29
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Xylene: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxguides/toxguide-71.pdf
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Toxicological Profiles are peer-reviewed summaries for more than 300 compounds, published
by ATSDR: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/index.asp. 
Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/pdf/FourthReport.pdf 
Case studies in Environmental Medicine:
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Benzene: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/benzene/
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Toluene: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/toluene/
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Taking an Exposure History (CME Available):
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/exphistory/
Pennsylvania State Veterinary Resources
Dr. Craig Shultz
State Veterinarian
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Animal Health and Diagnostic Services Bureau
2301 N. Cameron St., Room 409
Harrisburg, PA 17110
Phone: 717-772-2852
Fax: 717-787-1868
Email: crashultz@state.pa.us
Website: www.agriculture.state.pa.us
Rankin, Jr., James T. DVM, MPH, PhD, DACVPM, FACE, MASV
State Public Health Veterinarian
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Health and Welfare Building, Room 933
7th and Forster Streets
Harrisburg, PA 17120
717-346-4524
jrankin@state.pa.us
Walter O. Cottrell, MS, DVM
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Wildlife Veterinarian
Penn State University
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
Animal Diagnostic Laboratory
22 Orchard Rd.
University Park, PA 16802
o: 814.863.8370
c:814.404.5465
wcottrell@pa.gov
David R. Wolfgang, VMD, DABVP
Field Studies Director
Extension Veterinarian
111 Henning Bld
University Park, PA 16802
Email: drw12@psu.edu
Work Phone: 814-863-5849
Lisa A. Murphy, VMD
Assistant Professor of Toxicology, Department of Pathobiology
New Bolton Center
Toxicology Laboratory
382 W. Street Road
Kennett Square, PA 19348
Office: 610-925-6217
Fax: 610-925-8217
Email: murphylp@vet.upenn.edu
[samples are accepted from veterinarians]