Newly found chemicals in fracking wastewater lead to cancer

Newly found chemicals in fracking wastewater lead to cancer

Published on Jan 19, 2015 
From RT America which is the US based arm of RT, a 24-hour English-language international broadcast news network.http://rt.com/usa/

“University researchers have discovered two new pollutants in fracking wastewater that can have potentially devastating effects on waterways and those who depend on them. Professor Avner Vengosh identified both ammonium and iodide in samples taken by his team, which says that the two chemicals have never before been linked to the natural gas extraction process. Although not deadly by themselves, according to scientists, when combined with other substances used by the natural gas drilling industry, they become carcinogenic. Dr. Ken Carlson of Colorado State University explains the importance and of the findings to RT’s Ben Swann.”

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