Injection Wells

Lax oversight, uncertain science plague program under which industries dump trillions of gallons of waste underground. Full Story »

Posted by Pamela Hogle
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Subjects: Business, Sci/Tech
Topics: Environment, Mining
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Posted by: Posted by Pamela Hogle - Sep 9, 2012 - 5:46 AM PDT
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Edited by: Pamela Hogle - Sep 9, 2012 - 5:49 AM PDT
Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 9, 2012

Important collections of history and data and practices of failure of our systems for disposing of wastes. This supplements the stories from "Gasland" and provide other instances that parallel the leaks of toxic radioactive wastes into the groundwater at Hanford. There the source of the poison is hard to dispute.

one EPA scientist acknowledged shortcomings in the way the agency oversees the injection program. “It’s assumed that the ... More »

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James Ki
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by James Ki - Sep. 9, 2012

nice post to hare with us

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Yusuf Sukandar
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by Yusuf Sukandar - Sep. 9, 2012

very important for poor people

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