Tag: Environmental Science & Technology
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Penn State study: Spraying brine from drilling, fracking on roadways is hazardous
Spreading wastewater from non-shale oil and gas drilling and fracking on unpaved roads is a cheap way for municipalities to suppress dust and melt snow, but a Penn State University study says the practice has potentially high costs for human health and the environment. The study, published in the journal “Environmental Science & Technology” last…
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5 Million Gallons of Freshwater Used to Frack Just One Well
Smith Creek near Ponca, Arkansas. Buffalo Outdoor Center / Flickr A lot has been said about the toxic slurry of fracking fluids and its impact on water quality, but what about the millions of gallons of water that’s sucked up by the drilling process and its impact on water quantity? A new study highlights how…
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Pennsylvania watershed contaminated with radioactive material and endocrine-disrupting chemicals
Hydraulic fracturing has enabled a domestic oil and gas boom in the USA, but its rapid growth has raised questions about what to do with the billions of gallons of wastewater that result. Researchers now report that treating the wastewater and releasing it into surface waters has led to the contamination of a Pennsylvania watershed…
