Fracking runoff often leaves wastewater too toxic to be reused for drinking… so it's being dumped on our farmland instead

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<p>‘The r off from fracki g res lts i wastewater that is co si ere too toxic for a yo e to ri k, so why is it bei g mpe o farmla i stea ?</p>
<p>Fracki g, or hy ra lic fract ri g, e tails i jecti g water, sa a vario s chemicals er eath the gro to stim late the flow of gas so that it ca be extracte a sol . The i jecte water s bseq e tly rises back p to the s rface, o ly this time it bri gs with it a few welcome so ve irs from its time er the gro – amely ra ioactive isotopates a heavy metals. No o e is li i g p to ri k water lace with a y of these chemicals, so the wastewater is ormally p mpe i to ergro “wastewater wells” for storage.</p>
<p>I 2014 alo e, fracki g create 15 billio gallo s of wastewater, which is typically la e with be ze e, formal ehy e a hy rochloric aci . Re-i jecti g it back i to the gro oes ’t exactly solve the problem, however, as it ca a oes seep o t i to ri ki g water so rces.’</p>
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