Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment (CANE-AIIE)
Description: It's time we talk about the health effects of natural gas.
What do ferries, gas stoves and home heating systems have in common? Many of them run on natural gas. But what many people don’t know is that natural gas is a health hazard — for families in BC who live beside the LNG-fracking industry that produces it, for people who burn it in their homes, and for the climate change that is devastating our planet. As doctors and nurses who care for patients and communities across western Canada, we say: it's time we talk about the health effects of natural gas.
Natural gas is a flammable mixture of hydrocarbon gases mostly composed of methane . However, despite being branded as "natural," natural gas is a fossil fuel like coal, oil, and gasoline. It fills the air with harmful greenhouse gases and pollutants when it burns.
Liquefied natural gas , or LNG, is natural gas that has been cooled and compressed to around negative 160 degrees Celsius for transportation. Canada's largest natural gas reserves are located in northeast British Columbia , deep underground. These reserves are fuelling an expanding LNG industry.
Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment (CANE-AIIE)