Nearly two years ago, Gov. Tom Wolf announced a $2.5 million contract had been awarded to the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health to “conduct research on the potential health effects of hydraulic fracturing in Pennsylvania” (see Pitt Researchers Get $2.5M for Fake Study to Link Shale & Kid Cancer). As we pointed out from the beginning, to study a single potential cause for cancer (fracking) and not any other causes (like a nearby abandoned uranium dump), is not real science. We’ve been critical of Pitt researchers, but maybe they are attempting real science after all. Why? The typical tight coalition of Big Education and Big Green is beginning to break down. Pitt researchers will not participate in a meeting being organized by anti-fossil fuel zealots that supposedly would provide an update on the so-called fracking-causes-cancer study.
