From Chicago Policy Review December 21, 2018 Kris Vallecillo Harris Public Policy Professor Michael GreenstoneHarris Public Policy Professor Michael Greenstone was featured in the Chicago Policy Review, discussing how maternal proximity to sites of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," causes a decline in infant birth weight. "The impact on health outcomes diminished at distances greater than three kilometers from the fracking sites, suggesting that effects from fracking were localized to a measurable radius," writes Kris Vallecillo. Greenstone, as well as his co-authors Janet Currie and Katherine Meckel, "addressed four problems that have prevented previous attempts from broadly examining the effects of fracking on health." Their work had a large sample size, examined multiple indices of infant health, tested for effects at different maternal distances from sites of fracking, and compared health outcomes of fracking-exposed children to those of their siblings in an effort to control for mother-fixed effects. Full coverage available at Chicago Policy Review. Upcoming Events More events Data and Policy Summer Scholars Program (DPSS): Deep-Dive Conversation with Jose Macias and Alexandra Sobczynski Mon., May 06, 2024 | 7:30 PM International Policy Action Lab Mini Class with Austin Wright Tue., May 07, 2024 | 6:00 AM Driving Policy Innovation in the Social Sector in India: Lunch Conversation with Luis Miranda Tue., May 07, 2024 | 12:30 PM Harris School of Public Policy (The Keller Center), Room 2112 1307 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 United States