Exchange on Fracking: Key takeaways from the Pennsylvania Senate debate between John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz October 31, 2022

Walter Tsou, MD, MPH, PSR Pennsylvania | Philadelphia Inquirer
In their debate, both candidates gave ringing endorsements of fracking. Neither acknowledged the multiple public health studies showing a direct correlation between proximity to fracking wells and low birth weight babies, childhood leukemia, asthma hospitalizations or the cluster of rare Ewing sarcoma cases in Southwestern PA.
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