State Sen. Camera Bartolotta urged Pa. health department to drop out of fracking public health forum, letter shows

Reid FrazierOctober 18, 2022

State Sen. Bartolotta, a Washington County Republican, objected to the participation of the Center for Coalfield Justice and the Environmental Health Project. 

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Public gets briefed on fracking health studies, despite no-show from Pitt, DOH

Reid FrazierOctober 5, 2022

Residents came to a forum in Washington County on state-funded studies on fracking’s impact on public health, even though researchers had pulled out. 

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Pitt and Pa. health department back out of public forum on fracking studies, organizers say

Reid FrazierOctober 4, 2022

Pitt and DOH say there's no new info on state-funded studies on fracking and public health. Groups say families of those who died from a rare cancer deserve updates.

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Groups Want Fracking Waste Included in Health Study

Reid FrazierMarch 6, 2021

Fracking waste can be radioactive. Advocates want it included in a pair of state-sponsored studies into fracking and childhood cancer, asthma, and poor birth outcomes.

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State Gives $2.5 Million to Pitt to Study Health Impacts of Fracking

Rachel McDevittDecember 23, 2020

Pitt Public Health will conduct two studies, including a possible relationship to childhood cancers in southwestern Pa.

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Families and Advocates Criticize Pa.’s Fracking Health Studies

Reid FrazierDecember 3, 2020

Families say they're being cut out of the process of designing studies about whether fracking had anything to do with childhood cancers in SW Pa.

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Group Hopes Grand Jury Report Will Put Health at Center of Fracking Debate

Kara HolsoppleJuly 9, 2020

The report outlines health problems of people living near fracking wells. The Environmental Health Project says it's about time public health takes center stage.

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State to Fund Studies on Fracking and Cancers, Other Health Effects

Reid FrazierNovember 22, 2019

The state will spend $3.9 million to explore the potential health effects of fracking after months of pressure from families of cancer patients in Washington County.

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Washington County Families Tell State to ‘Fix’ Their Cancer Study

Reid FrazierOctober 8, 2019

Families of people diagnosed with a rare cancer want the state to revise their study and look into whether fracking could be involved.

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Washington County parents want deeper look into fracking’s link to cancer cases

Reid FrazierJune 28, 2019

Despite the state declaring no cancer cluster, parents want answers.

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