{"id":57649,"date":"2024-10-19T12:56:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T01:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/maintenance.html\/?p=57649"},"modified":"2024-10-19T12:56:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T01:56:54","slug":"residents-say-pennsylvania-has-failed-communities-after-state-studies-linked-fracking-to-child-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=57649","title":{"rendered":"Residents say Pennsylvania has failed communities after state studies linked fracking to child cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fracking_Well_Water.png\" alt=\"Fracking Well Water\" width=\"1245\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fracking_Well_Water.png 1245w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fracking_Well_Water-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fracking_Well_Water-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fracking_Well_Water-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/en\/agencies\/health\/programs\/environmental-health\/oilgas.html#accordion-b14cb09678-item-db8e92c827\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">studies<\/a>, conducted by University of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania Department of Health researchers,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ehn.org\/living-near-fracking-wells-higher-risk-childhood-cancer-low-birth-weight-asthma-2663909422.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">found that<\/a>\u00a0residents living near fracking wells were more likely to experience childhood cancer, severe asthma attacks and low birth weights. They added to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ehn.org\/health-impacts-of-fracking-2634432607.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">dozens of other studies<\/a>\u00a0linking living near fracking wells with various health problems, including cancer, poor birth outcomes and cardiovascular and respiratory issues<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nexusnewsfeed.com\/article\/home-family-pets\/residents-say-pennsylvania-has-failed-communities-after-state-studies-linked-fracking-to-child-cancer\/\">https:\/\/nexusnewsfeed.com\/article\/home-family-pets\/residents-say-pennsylvania-has-failed-communities-after-state-studies-linked-fracking-to-child-cancer\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0studies, conducted by University of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania Department of Health researchers,\u00a0found that\u00a0residents living near fracking wells were more likely to experience childhood cancer, severe asthma attacks and low birth weights. They added to\u00a0dozens of other studies\u00a0linking living near fracking wells with various health problems, including cancer, poor birth outcomes and cardiovascular and respiratory issues &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=57649\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Residents say Pennsylvania has failed communities after state studies linked fracking to child cancer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57651,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57649\/revisions\/57651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}