800,000 Tons of Radioactive Oil and Gas Waste From Pennsylvania Unaccounted For
Pittsburgh — Waste from the oil and gas industry contains toxic and radioactive substances. Disposal of this waste is supposed to be carefully tracked, but 800,000 tons of oil and gas waste from Pennsylvania oil and gas wells is unaccounted for, according to a recent study. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University initially set out to investigate whether sediment in...