Pick Your Poison: The Fracking Industry's Wastewater Injection Well Problem

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By Justin MikulkaNov 19, 2018, 7:33 pm150 pts
Read time: 9 mins The first known oil well in Oklahoma happened by accident. It was 1859 and Lewis Ross was actually drilling for saltwater (brine), not oil. Brine was highly valued at the time for the salt that could be used to preserve meat. As Ross drilled deeper for brine, he hit oil. And people have been…

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