Welcome to the Public Health Report. In this week's episode our host Laura Sheckter reports on three papers and some breaking news.

Topic 1- Fracking and its negative impact of infant health

Elaine L. Hill, Lala Ma. Drinking water, fracking, and infant health. Journal of Health Economics, 2022; 82: 102595 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2022.102595

Topic 2- One effect stemming from the legalization of recreational marijuana

Shyam Raman, Ashley Bradford. Recreational cannabis legalizations associated with reductions in prescription drug utilization among Medicaid enrollees. Health Economics, 2022; DOI: 10.1002/hec.4519

Topic 3- 19th century Breastfeeding rates in Netherlands

Andrea L. Waters-Rist, Kees de Groot, Menno L. P. Hoogland. Isotopic reconstruction of short to absent breastfeeding in a 19th century rural Dutch community. PLOS ONE, 2022; 17 (4): e0265821 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265821

Topic 4- J&J Janssen Settles and J&J updates

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-04-18/j-js-janssen-settles-with-wva-for-99m-in-opioid-lawsuit