Her Son Died of a Rare Bone Cancer. Could Radioactive Fracking Waste Be to Blame?
An on‐the‐ground investigation in Pennsylvania finds unprotected radioactive material next to a popular bike and walking trail.
ByJustin Nobel On Jun 18, 2026 @ 04:00 PDT
Janice Blanock lost her teenage son Luke to Ewing sarcoma, a rare pediatric bone cancer.( Credit: Justin Nobel)
This story is published in partnership with Rolling Stone.
As Janice Blanock peered through the chain link fence running along a popular bike and walking trail near her home in the Pittsburgh suburbs, she wondered if she was looking at something connected to her teen son Luke’ s death from a rare cancer a decade ago: a large oil and gas industry storage yard filled with used pipes and discarded hoses, the ground strewn with flakes