CSU study to aid state officials in assessing health risks of oil, gas production

FORT COLLINS — A study led by researchers at Colorado State University in Fort Collins about air-pollutant emissions from oil and gas operations will be used by the state’s department of health and environment as it assesses health risks posed by the industry.

Data from the North Front Range Oil and Gas Air Pollutant Emission and Dispersion Study – and a similar study in Garfield County completed in June 2016 — will be used in a state health-risk assessment, to be completed by summer 2018.

The CSU study was designed to quantify emissions from three specific oil and gas development activities: hydraulic…