Serious Flaws Revealed in Pitt’s So-Called Fracking/Cancer Studies

Two weeks ago, 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. The media has been whipping up local residents into a frenzy, who are now calling for a total ban on fracking in PA. It's all a manufactured crisis, and the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) is doing the heavy lifting of exposing the lies.

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