EID, MSC Destroy Pitt Fake Study Tying Fracking to Cancer in Kids

Earlier this week, University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) researchers released three studies commissioned by the State Dept. of Health supposedly investigating whether or not there is a connection between shale drilling and childhood diseases, including cancer (see Pitt Releases Fake Research, Claims PA Fracking Linked to Kid Cancer). Our position from the beginning, when Pitt received $2.5 million with instructions to investigate a single cause (shale drilling), is that this is not real science. Not when an abandoned uranium dump in the area (which there is) is ignored as a potential source. Not when other potential environmental factors are ignored. After combing through the studies, both Energy in Depth and the Marcellus Shale Coalition penned superb articles that destroy these so-called studies. We also have some insightful comments from PA State Sen. Gene Yaw on the matter.

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