Breathe Project Reports

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Dartmouth Study Ties Fracking to Radioactive Wastewater

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Published 2018
Air Quality, Cancer, Fracking / Gas Development, Natural Gas, Petrochemicals, Pollution Sources, Public Health
International

Summary

The team found that the prevalent radioactive material in wastewater after hydraulic fracking comes from the interaction between slick water and black shale.

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