OILFIELD WASTE MUST WATCH: Julie Weatherington-Rice, PhD Soil Science, Drilling Radioactive Waste Alert Public Forum

Julie Weatherington-Rice, PhD Soil Science, Drilling Radioactive Waste Alert Public Forum November 12, 2013 by RadioactiveWasteAlert.org

Upcoming paper to be published at: Ohio Journal of Science (Ohio Academy of Science)

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What to do with all the oil field dregs, some of it radioactive, some of it toxic, and there’s more and more of it

Dangerous levels of radioactivity found at fracking waste site in Pennsylvania, Hundreds of disposal sites for frac wastewater could be similarly affected

New study links fracking to birth defects in heavily drilled Colorado, Risks of some birth defects increased as much as 30 percent in mothers who lived near oil and gas wells

Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources

November 14, 2012 – EnCana spraying drilling waste at Rosebud

Encana’s drilling waste on food land at Rosebud, Alberta. 2012 [no audio] Numerous loads of drilling waste disposed of in the same field as the dumping photos above and below.

November 2012 – EnCana’s drilling waste dumped on food land at Rosebud

More waste dumping photos at FrackingCanada

Drilling waste on food land in the Lochend, Rocky View County, Alberta, October 2013

“Fonterra has decided it will no longer accept milk from farms that have used drilling waste to convert marginal land into dairy pasture.” … “I feel we’re risking a 25 billion turnover business, and I think it’s hugely irresponsible … both for our product, but of course, also for the health of our people.”
Fonterra To Stop Taking Milk From Some Farms – Radio New Zealand – June 19, 2013

New Zealand milk dumped as toxic oil and gas drilling mud taints 14 Fonterra tankers

Fonterra to stop taking milk from New Zealand farms allowing dumping of oil and gas waste

Natural Gas Operations from a Public Health Perspective For many years, drillers have insisted that they do not use toxic chemicals to drill for gas, only guar gum, mud, and sand. While much attention is being given to chemicals used during fracking, our findings indicate that drilling chemicals can be equally, if not more dangerous. ]