-
New Demands to Measure Emissions Raise Cautious Hopes in Pennsylvania Among Environmental Sleuths Who Monitor Fracking Sites
25 Feb 2024 13:13 GMT
… the first time, Pennsylvania fracking companies are facing real … site emissions from the fracking industry.
Melissa Ostroff … arsenic and radium 226 and 228 dredged up during hydraulic fracturing … to classify wastewater from fracking as hazardous material, said …
-
Q&A: New Rules in Pennsylvania Require Drillers to Disclose Toxic Chemicals Used in Fracking
10 Feb 2024 15:02 GMT
… the secret chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, though some details were … can include carcinogens like formaldehyde, arsenic and benzene; possible carcinogens like … violations and ongoing communication with fracking companies about coming into …
-
Coming Cleaner on Fracking Chemicals
10 Feb 2024 01:20 GMT
… the secret chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” though some details were … rule only applies to new fracking operations, not existing projects. … can include carcinogens like formaldehyde, arsenic and benzene, possible carcinogens, things …
-
Fracking remains key issue for former Pa. environmental protection secretary
03 Jan 2024 10:53 GMT
… years in Harrisburg: hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking.
“We had … change and believes the fracking industry — which produces … deep underground — benzene, arsenic and radium 226 and 228 … that raises awareness about fracking in Pennsylania’s western …
-
A Slow-Rolling Disaster in Fracking Country
07 Dec 2023 19:00 GMT
… treating, cleaning and recycling fracking wastewater, the Kentucky Department … toxic heavy metals such as arsenic, lead and strontium, this … chemicals used in the fracking process that resurface when … did not visit the fracking waste treatment plant very …
-
Pennsylvania’s fracking boom is hurting its oldest residents
06 Nov 2023 18:35 GMT
… twice the safe concentration of arsenic. A media representative from … , I’m dying.”
The fracking process, the primary method of … excrete harmful substances, like arsenic and other heavy metals, … who were exposed to fracking waste didn’t benefit …
-
Answers About Old Gas Sites Repurposed as Injection Wells for Fracking’s Toxic Wastewater May Never Be Fully Unearthed
15 Oct 2023 12:01 GMT
… gallons of highly toxic fracking wastewater in its disposal … is laced with benzene, arsenic and radium 226 and 228 … production, handling and disposal of fracking waste.
Ingraffea, the retired … off injection wells completely for fracking waste. “If the …
-
Plan To Clean Up Radioactive Fracking Waste Ends In Monster Lawsuit
14 Oct 2023 21:34 GMT
… injection wells have leaked fracking wastewater into natural gas … such as lead and arsenic, and the radioactive element … found that facilities treating fracking wastewater were discharging radioactivity … academic articles on Marcellus fracking waste, said the …
-
A Rural Pennsylvania Community Goes to Commonwealth Court, Trying to Stop a New Disposal Well for Toxic Fracking Wastewater
11 Oct 2023 02:25 GMT
… for disposing of toxic fracking wastewater would violate the borough … and can contain benzene, arsenic and radium 226 and 228 … the gas industry argues that fracking and wastewater disposal are … in Pennsylvania and other fracking states across the country have …
-
Scientists find at least SIX toxins like arsenic and uranium in systems used by 95% of the US population
05 Oct 2023 18:46 GMT
… arsenic, nitrates, uranium and lead, linked to neurological and developmental problems.
Fracking … it effectively to body tissues.
Fracking-related substances
These substances are … one mile of these sites.
Fracking fluids and wastewater from the …