The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that wastewater produced in Pennsylvania might be radioactive: "Millions of barrels of wastewater trucked into Ohio from shale-gas wells in Pennsylvania might be highly radioactive, according to a government study." Fortunately, it's being disposed of through injection wells to formations thousands of feet below the surface. "Michael Snee, the Ohio Department of Health’s radiation-protection chief, said that’s the safest place for brine.'Injection wells are almost the perfect solution for that disposal issue,' Snee said."
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