Research Shows Some Test Methods Miss 99 Percent of Radium in Fracking Waste

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By Sharon KellyMar 24, 2014, 8:00 am51 pts
Every year, fracking generates hundreds of billions of gallons of wastewater laced with corrosive salts, radioactive materials and many other chemicals. Because some of that wastewater winds up in rivers after it’s treated to remove dangerous contaminants, regulators across the U.S. have begun to develop…

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