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RiverLover

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2. Oh jeez. I hope you haven't been fishing?!

Reply to Mc Mike (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 09:22 AM

Aug 2015

No they don't care. Only money matters.

Which is truly pathetic because the half-life for radium 226 is 1,600 years, meaning even then, it will still be half as potent at it is today. And we don't know how to clean it from water.

Maybe a Pittsburgh Steeler will care his water is radioactive & bring this some national attention. Though it's sad that we'd need something like that for it to be a big story in the press.

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Illegal Dumping of Fracking Wastewater May Be Linked to Radioactivity in PA Creek, Experts Say [View all] RiverLover Aug 2015 OP

Thanks for the heads up, RL. I'm right downstream. Mc Mike Aug 2015 #1

Oh jeez. I hope you haven't been fishing?! RiverLover Aug 2015 #2

No fishing or boating, but I do like to drink tap water. Mc Mike Aug 2015 #12

Will this make the national news mountain grammy Aug 2015 #3

True that. RiverLover Aug 2015 #5

Just another example of why..... daleanime Aug 2015 #4

Its not working well for us, that's for sure. /nt RiverLover Aug 2015 #6

The first thing we must do is protect the fracking companies Orrex Aug 2015 #7

Thanks Orrex. RiverLover Aug 2015 #10

dumping of wastewater should be a felony with mandatory long sentencing of all involved. Sunlei Aug 2015 #8

Should be but isn't - "Executive in WV spill pleads guilty, gets his Bentley and millions back" RiverLover Aug 2015 #9

I know, you're right. Should be but isn't. worse in PA. because the authorities give a free pass Sunlei Aug 2015 #11