Pittsburgh area doctors are continuing the study into what possible effects fracking and drilling could have on childhood cancer rates in southwestern Pennsylvania. The SWPA Environmental Health Project hosted a seminar via Zoom Tuesday night with University of Pittsburgh Doctor Shaina Stacy, who serves as a postdoctoral associate. Dr. Stacy says that multiple studies have been implemented to see if the fracking process could cause problems with spikes in childhood cancers and birth defects. Dr. Stacy has studied cases of pediatric leukemia in this area from 2007-2015, and has found that in that time, roughly 15-33 cases have occurred in Washington County. The doctor says with more wells in a particular area, there is more risk of health problems. She thinks that additional testing and studies are needed, and that the delay in case recordings at the state level causes issues in the accurate completion of their work.