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Pitt researchers find higher risks for lymphoma and asthma for those near fracking, but ‘no association’ to Ewing Sarcoma

Reid Frazier·August 15, 2023

A team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found children living near shale gas activities in Southwest Pennsylvania had a higher risk of developing lymphoma.

Energy Health

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

Reid Frazier·October 18, 2022

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

Energy Health Politics

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

Reid Frazier·October 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.

Energy Health

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

Reid Frazier·October 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.

Energy Health

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Groups Want Fracking Waste Included in Health Study

Reid Frazier·March 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.

Energy Health

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

Rachel McDevitt·December 23, 2020

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

Health Pollution

Families and Advocates Criticize Pa.’s Fracking Health Studies

Reid Frazier·December 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.

Energy Health

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

Kara Holsopple·July 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 Frazier·November 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.

Energy Health

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

Reid Frazier·October 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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Pitt researchers find higher risks for lymphoma and asthma for those near fracking, but ‘no association’ to Ewing Sarcoma

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

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

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

Groups Want Fracking Waste Included in Health Study

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

Families and Advocates Criticize Pa.’s Fracking Health Studies

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

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

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