mining, pollution, radioactivity, waste, wastewater

High Levels of Radioactivity Persist After Dumping of Wastewater

It has been over seven years since Pennsylvania officials requested that the dumping of radium-laden fracking wastewater into surface waters be restricted. However, a new study has found high levels of radioactivity persist in stream sediments at three disposal sites. But the contamination is coming from the disposal of conventional oil and gas wastewater, and ...

Troy Oakes