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Pitt to study potential health effects of fracking
The University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public Health received a $2.5 million state contract to study known or suspected health complications related to fracking.
Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration will partner with University of Pittsburgh researchers to further study the possible health consequences of hydraulic fracturing in Pennsylvania.
Wolf on Tuesday said the school’s Graduate School of Public Health received a $2.5 million contract to conduct two observational studies on known or suspected health effects of fracking.
One study, led by Dr. Evelyn Talbott, a Pitt epidemiology professor and director of the Environmental Epidemiology section, will investigate the relationship between fracking and childhood cancers in southwestern Pennsylvania. For more than three decades, she has conducted research on cancers and other health affliction
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A drilling rig towers over the walls of Huntley & Huntley Energy Exploration’s Poseidon well pad in Penn Township, as seen on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018.
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The Department of Health on Tuesday announced a $2.5 million contract with the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public Health to study possible health effects of fracking – particularly in Western Pennsylvania.
“My administration is committed to ensuring that Pennsylvania is a healthy, vibrant place for all who call it home,” Gov. Tom Wolf said in a statement. “We look forward to the invaluable research that will be done by the University of Pittsburgh and the information it will provide for the commonwealth.”