PA Sen. Yaw Calls for Refund of $2.5M Spent on Pitt Fracking Study

In August, 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). From the beginning, when Pitt received $2.5 million with instructions to investigate a single cause (shale drilling), our position has been 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 destroyed Pitt's so-called studies (see EID, MSC Destroy Pitt Fake Study Tying Fracking to Cancer in Kids). Pennsylvania State Senator Gene Yaw, Chairman of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, says Pennsylvania taxpayers deserve a refund from Pitt for producing sloppy research.

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