1982 American Petroleum Institute Report Warned Oil Workers Faced 'Significant' Risks from Radioactivity

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By Sharon KellyJan 22, 2020, 5:54 pm879 ptsInteresting
Read time: 10 mins Back in April last year, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency decided it was “not necessary” to update the rules for toxic waste from oil and gas wells. Torrents of wastewater flow daily from the nation’s 1.5 million active oil and gas wells and the agency’s…

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