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Environmental Hearing Board Denies EQT Shale Gas Motion To Exclude Evidence Of Medical Conditions, Toxicology Reports Related To A Landowner Appeal Of A DEP Water Supply Contamination Determination

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He pointed to a series of medical visits and diagnoses medical professionals called, hydraulic fracking/volatile hydrocarbon exposure, respiratory irritation from hydrocarbon exposure, neurotoxicity, and radiation exposure.

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DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County

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Radiation Testing DEP did not test anywhere on the Latkanich property for radiation or radon gas, in spite of multiple requests, according to Johnson. Radiation testing was never part of the testing that the Department performs on the site, even though we had asked repeatedly for radiation testing. Read more here.

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Delaware RiverKeeper: Aug. 18 Webinar- Radioactivity In Fracking - Too Hot To Handle With Scientist/Author Justin Nobel

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Brine has even been used in commercial products sold at hardware stores and is spread on local roads as a de-icer.” Click Here to register for this special program.

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Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.28.24

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“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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NRDC: Regulation Is Too Weak For Radioactive Oil And Gas Drilling Wastewater, Other Waste

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By Amy Mall, Natural Resources Defense Council This article first appeared on the NRDC Blog July 21, 2021 -- The U.S. And this waste—along with drilling and fracking waste--can contain radioactive elements known as “technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material,” or TENORM.

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New General Assembly-Mandated General Permit Allows Unconventional Oil & Gas Liquid Waste Processing Facilities To ‘Pop-Up’ Within 300 Feet Of You Without Notice

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250-3100-001 , that contains methods by which a facility will detect the presence of radioactivity, identify the type of radioactivity present, measure the radiation emitted, and determine the actions needed to protect workers, the public and the environment from any radiation contained in the waste it receives.

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107 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

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7 Forage For Your Own Native Wreath Hike/Craft Event In Luzerne County -- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - True Beauty Of A Tree Is Seen When It Loses Its Leaves -- USDA NRCS/NFWF: $1 Million In Funding Available For Community-Based Gardens -- DCNR Blog: Places That Honor Veterans And Preserve Our History -- Nov.