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Frackers are flushing radioactive waste into rivers
2013-10-04 13:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Frackers often treat their wastewater a little bit like sewage, passing it through water treatment plants and then flushing it into streams and rivers. It may be an improvement on pumping the stuff back into the ground, which can trigger earthquakes, but new research reveals that this can be a dangerously shitty approach to managing frack water. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, entails injecting water and chemicals into the ground to break up underground rocks and release oil and gas. When that...
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