Vengosh Radioactivity (IMAGE)

Duke University

Vengosh Radioactivity

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Treated oil and gas wastewater flows into a stream in western Pennsylvania. A new Duke study finds stream sediments at disposal sites such as this one have levels of radioactivity that are 650 times higher than at unaffected upstream sites.

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Avner Vengosh, Duke University

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