Concerned Health Professionals of New York (CHPNY) is an initiative by health professionals, scientists, and medical organizations for raising science-based concerns about the impacts of fracking and its infrastructure on public health and safety. CHPNY provides educational resources and works to ensure that careful consideration of health and climate impacts are at the forefront of the fracking debate and fossil fuel policy decisions. In 2021, CHPNY became a program of the Science and Environmental Health Network, enabling both entities to expand their core research and outreach activities and comprehensively serve frontline communities experiencing harm from fracking operations, pipeline projects, and other fossil fuel infrastructure, or working to prevent the arrival of these unhealthy energy projects.
Key CHPNY members
Sandra Steingraber, PhD, SEHN senior scientist and CHPNY co-founder
Carmi Orenstein, MPH, CHPNY program director at SEHN and CHPNY co-founder
Larysa Dyrszka, MD, CHPNY co-founder
Kathleen Nolan, MD, MSL, CHPNY co-founder
Barton Schoenfeld, MD, CHPNY co-founder
Please visit the CHPNY website to:
View or download the most recent fracking science Compendium
View or download the sixth edition Compendium translated into Spanish
Read the 2022 New York Statement on Fossil Fuels in Our Buildings
See historical documents such as CHPNY press releases