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Fracking fallout

A HArvArd study finds thAt there Are signifiCAntly elevAted levels of AirBorne rAdioACtive pArtiCles up to 31 miles downwind of U. S. frACking sites. ReseArChers found thAt sites with 100 frACking wells within 12 miles upwind hAd An AverAge of ABout 7% more rAdiAtion in the Air. The highest ContAminAtion wAs neAr fields in Ohio And PennsylvAniA, where rAdioACtivity wAs 40% higher thAn normAl. HydrAuliC frACturing BlAsts through lAyers ContAining urAnium isotopes.