800,000 Tons of Drilling, Frack Waste Unaccounted for in NY-PA-OH

July 20, 2023July 20, 2023

Researchers with the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) recently published a study in the journal Ecological Indicators. The study's intent was to measure whether or not frack waste dumped in local landfills has radiation that is leaking out in groundwater (leachate) from those facilities. Research like this, if legitimate (and accurate), is a good thing. We need to know if the waste we're dumping is causing a problem. But a funny thing happened during the study. The researchers found a big problem with recordkeeping.

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