Breathe Project Reports

Peer-reviewed

Accumulation of Marcellus Formation Oil and Gas Wastewater Metals in Freshwater Mussel Shells

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Published 2018
Fracking / Gas Development, Natural Gas, Petrochemicals, Pollution Sources
Southwestern Pennsylvania

Summary

Chemicals from fracking wastewater dumped into Pennsylvania’s Allegheny River before 2011 are still accumulating in the bodies of freshwater mussels downstream.

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