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'Roadspreading’ returns: How Pennsylvania’s oil industry quietly dumped waste across the state (grist.org)

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But researchers have found [oil and gas wastewater] is no better at controlling dust than rainwater. It can also contain toxic chemicals and have radioactive concentrations several hundred times the acceptable federal limit in drinking water.

Spreading fracking fluid over roads and nearby houses and streams. Wonderful.

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[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

Obviously people get away with it, but DOT and highway patrol watch for this. Not really cause they assume someone is trying to dispose of it, but for any reason at all, such as leaks