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Earlier this month, a Bloomberg News headline made a very serious accusation about hydraulic fracturing and shale development: “Study Shows Fracking Is Bad For Babies” was the title of an opinion column by Mark Whitehouse. The opening paragraph followed with a strong indictment of the...

From the draft report on water quality in Pavillion, Wyo., to a Cornell graduate student's paper on public health, opponents of oil and gas development are displaying a troubling habit of leaping to conclusions before even basic scientific review can be completed. But if your job is to generate headlines, why let science get in the way?

Ohio has a long history of oil and gas development but it hasn't been until recently that this development has drawn the attention of activists and "researchers" from outside of the Buckeye State. Today, Dr. Lisa Mckenzie from the Colorado School of Public Health (CSPH) adds her name to a growing list of out of town visitors as she visits the Ohio State University.