Wolf orders study into health impact of hydraulic fracturing

The Wolf administration on Friday announced it would spend about $3 million for research studies into the health impacts of hydraulic fracturing and the cases of rare childhood cancer cases reported over the past decade in Washington and Westmoreland counties.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health study will look into asthma, birth outcomes and other acute conditions in southwestern Pennsylvania to determine whether the findings of projects elsewhere can be replicated “and will greatly add to the…

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