HEI Research Planning Workshop: Understanding Population-Level Exposures Related to the Development of Oil and Natural Gas from Unconventional Resources

The workshop provided an opportunity for the Energy Research Committee to hear from a broad range of stakeholders about their expert opinions and perspectives on the literature, important knowledge gaps, and research priorities along with the criteria used to define the priorities. The Committee will consider information received during the workshop as it conducts its own review of the literature and formulates research priorities for population-level exposure research.

With the benefit of an interdisciplinary group of experts at the workshop, HEI's Energy Research Committee expects to complete a conceptual model of potential human exposure to UOGD. The conceptual model will provide a framework for piecing together information from the literature to show what we know and where knowlege gaps remain about possible human exposure pathways, thus providing a roadmap for research planning.