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Radiation in Pennsylvania Creek Seen as Legacy of Fracking

2013-10-02 14:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: Naturally occurring radiation brought to the surface by gas drillers has been detected in a Pennsylvania creek that flows into the Allegheny River, illustrating the risks of wastewater disposal from the boom in hydraulic fracturing. Sediment in Blacklick Creek contained radium in concentrations 200 times above normal, or background levels, according to the study, published today in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. The radium, along with salts such as bromide, came from the Josephine...

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