Pitt Releases Fake Research, Claims PA Fracking Linked to Kid Cancer

We now have the perfect example of how the government corrupts science. In 2020, Pennsylvania's then-Gov. Tom Wolf gave $2.5 million (via his Dept. of Health) to the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) with instructions to research whether or not a single cause, shale drilling, is linked to a small cluster of rare childhood cancers in southwestern PA (see Pitt Researchers Get $2.5M for Fake Study to Link Shale & Kid Cancer). As we said from the beginning, that's not real science. Real science does not focus on a single cause. Pitt's remit was to FIND a link, no matter what, and they received millions to do so. Guess what? They found a link. Isn't that a coincidence?

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