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Conference Highlights Impact of Fracking on Public Health, Pregnant Women

A hydraulic fracturing operation at a Marcellus Shale well.
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A hydraulic fracturing operation at a Marcellus Shale well.

The Environmental Health Project, a group based in southwestern Pennsylvania, held a conference this week highlighting some of the latest science on fracking and public health. The Allegheny Front’s Julie Grant reports on one study focused on pregnant women.

Read the full story at: https://www.alleghenyfront.org/group-highlights-economic-and-public-health-costs-of-fracking/

(Original air-date: 2/27/22)

Julie Grant got her start in public radio at age 19 while at Miami University in Ohio. After studying land ethics in graduate school at Kent State University, Julie covered environmental issues in the Great Lakes region for Michigan Radio’s "The Environment Report" and North Country Public Radio in New York. She’s won many awards, including an Edward R. Murrow Award in New York, and was named “Best Reporter” in Ohio by the Society of Professional Journalists. Her stories have aired on NPR’s "Morning Edition," "The Splendid Table" and "Studio 360." Julie loves covering agricultural issues for the Allegheny Front—exploring what we eat, who produces it and how it’s related to the natural environment.