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Athens NEWS
February 1, 2018
... that requires disposal only at federally designated radioactive waste disposal sites.” According to the U.S. EPA, “Radium and radon are potent human carcinogens. Uranium may cause lung cancer and tumors of the lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues.” Uranium is higher in Utica than in Marcellus shale.
Allentown Morning Call
December 11, 2017
Cabot remains banned from drilling in a 9-square-mile area of Dimock, which is in the heart of the gas-rich Marcellus Shale rock formation in ... Government scientists collected samples from 24 homes, including Kemble's, testing the water for bacteria, gases and chemicals and the indoor air for radon.
Press & Sun-Bulletin
June 17, 2017
We don't need a Chernobyl to happen in Binghamton or Albany. We've got Marcellus shale gas to deliver radioactive exposure. Currently, per the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) website, it is our Department of Health (DOH) which regulates radon, a radionuclide. According to theÃÂ ...
Auburn Citizen
June 9, 2017
MARCELLUS — Edie Brown and Kristen Reagan are accomplished, working artists. Meeting in Marcellus around 2010 and recognizing each other's creative drive, they combined efforts in one studio space at the long time Syracuse artist hang, the Delevan Center. The thought was to inspire each other inÃÂ ...
CNYcentral.com
March 28, 2017
When the ice age ended and the glaciers melted - Cortland County was left with large particle soil that allows naturally occurring radon gas to pass through. Geology may be to blame but for years Derek Green from Cortland County Environmental Health has been educating neighbors and providing radon test kits. When itÃÂ ...
Penn State News
February 6, 2017
Studies conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed radon's presence in natural gas, where extraction is from uranium-rich areas, such as the Marcellus Shale region. The Penn State researchers confirmed that the natural gas utilized on campus contains an elevated concentration of radon, but theÃÂ ...
Natural Resources Defense Council
May 18, 2015
According to a new study published by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the level of Radon in Pennsylvania houses is increasing in areas where hydraulic fracturing is used to produce natural gas from the Marcellus tight shale formation. The peer-reviewed research article, titledÃÂ ...
Huffington Post
April 21, 2015
Radon from Marcellus Shale natural gas is a new peril. EPA studies definitively show that soils in the Marcellus Shale region, where the natural gas extraction industry is rapidly expanding, contain significant concentrations of NORM. As such, gas extracted from the Marcellus and Devonian Shales couldÃÂ ...
De Smog Blog (blog)
April 19, 2015
“Radon is an inert radioactive gas. This means it does not react chemically with other elements,” explained Marvin Reisnikoff, Senior Associate at Radioactive Waste Management Associates, in a 2012 paper on radon in the Marcellus. “Whatever radon is in the pipeline and is delivered to homes is releasedÃÂ ...
Science /AAAS
April 9, 2015
But in the Marcellus and other formations, a major waste component is salty, mineral rich water found naturally underground. Researchers have long known that this natural brine can carry radioactive components, including radon gas, radium, and other isotopes of uranium and thorium. And the waste'sÃÂ ...
StateImpact Pennsylvania
April 9, 2015
But it highlighted natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale as a possible cause of the higher radon levels. “One plausible explanation for elevated radon levels in people's homes is the development of thousands of unconventional natural gas wells in Pennsylvania over the past 10 years,” said study leaderÃÂ ...
De Smog Blog (blog)
June 3, 2013
Plans are underway to construct a pipeline that would carry Marcellus gas to the nation's biggest city, New York City. But if that happens, some experts warn of a potential public health crisis. The problem centers around the way that radon breaks down. Radon has a half life of only 3.8 days, meaning that ifÃÂ ...
Earth Island Journal
June 28, 2012
In addition to the usual concerns about fracking – such as methane leakage, improper disposal of the wastewater post-drilling, and the annoyances of heavy industry – Marcellus residents are also worried that fracking here could lead to increased exposure to radon. Radon is a radioactive and carcinogenicÃÂ ...
StateImpact Pennsylvania
December 12, 2017
Cabot remains banned from drilling in a 9-square-mile area of Dimock, which is in the heart of the gas-rich Marcellus Shale rock formation in ... Government scientists collected samples from 24 homes, including Kemble's, testing the water for bacteria, gases and chemicals and the indoor air for radon.
WHYY
December 12, 2017
Cabot remains banned from drilling in a 9-square-mile area of Dimock, which is in the heart of the gas-rich Marcellus Shale rock formation in ... Government scientists collected samples from 24 homes, including Kemble's, testing the water for bacteria, gases and chemicals and the indoor air for radon.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
September 19, 2017
Turns out that making small changes to the operation of a natural gas pipeline maintenance portal — of which there are thousands in ...
Press & Sun-Bulletin
June 17, 2017
And Marcellus gas contains radon. Lots of it. One study puts average radon levels at 40 picocuries per liter, but some individual well-head ...
Auburn Citizen
June 9, 2017
MARCELLUS — Edie Brown and Kristen Reagan are accomplished, working artists. Meeting in Marcellus around 2010 and recognizing each other's creative drive, they combined efforts in one studio space at the long time Syracuse artist hang, the Delevan Center. The thought was to inspire each other inÃÂ ...
witf.org
June 1, 2017
(Harrisburg) -- The state Department of Environmental Protection is warning about dangerously high levels of radon in one Cumberland County ...
Calgary Herald
March 29, 2017
University of Calgary researchers Dr. Aaron Goodarzi, right, and first author Fintan Stanley have found that radioactive radon gas exceeds safe ...
Chinook Observer
February 15, 2017
Greg Webb/IAEA Fact-finding team leader Mike Weightman of the International Atomic Energy Agency examines Reactor Unit 3 at the ...
Phys.Org
February 6, 2017
Although radon is known to exist in natural gas, now Penn State ... gas, where extraction is from uranium-rich areas, such as the Marcellus ...
Natural Resources Defense Council
May 18, 2015
... the Marcellus tight shale formation. The peer-reviewed research article, titled Predictors of Indoor Radon Concentrations in Pennsylvania, ...
Huffington Post
April 21, 2015
Radon from Marcellus Shale natural gas is a new peril. EPA studies definitively show that soils in the Marcellus Shale region, where the natural ...
De Smog Blog (blog)
April 19, 2015
The potential link between fracking and radon in people's homes was .... higher than background — to pinpoint the Marcellus shale's location ...
Science /AAAS
April 9, 2015
But in the Marcellus and other formations, a major waste component is ... can carry radioactive components, including radon gas, radium, and ...
StateImpact Pennsylvania
April 9, 2015
And it showed radon levels in active gas-drilling counties rose ... drilling in the Marcellus Shale as a possible cause of the higher radon levels.
De Smog Blog (blog)
June 3, 2013
Radioactive Waste From the Marcellus Shale Continues to Draw Concern .... Radon, a highly carcinogenic gas, is produced when radium ...
Earth Island Journal
June 28, 2012
You see, I am from the town of Marcellus, NY home of the infamous shale. ... Radon is a radioactive and carcinogenic gas that occurs from the ...
PhillyVoice.com
August 4, 2017
The agency is also testing indoor air for radon. ... Environmental Protection Agency appears to be ramping up its interest in the Marcellus Shale,ÃÂ ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
August 4, 2017
Contractors are also testing for radon in water and indoor air, because ... whether the gas, which can be associated with the Marcellus Shale,ÃÂ ...
The Pike County Courier
July 5, 2017
While all fracked gas has some radon, gas from the Marcellus and Utica shale in Pennsylvania can be 30 times the mitigation levelÃÂ ...
Williamsport Sun-Gazette
July 2, 2017
Bradford and Lycoming counties, which both have Marcellus Shale drilling, had ... In 67 percent of the wells, radon levels were higher than theÃÂ ...
Press & Sun-Bulletin
June 17, 2017
And Marcellus gas contains radon. Lots of it. One study puts average radon levels at 40 picocuries per liter, but some individual well-headÃÂ ...
witf.org
June 1, 2017
(Harrisburg) -- The state Department of Environmental Protection is warning about dangerously high levels of radon in one Cumberland CountyÃÂ ...
witf.org
May 11, 2017
(Undated) -- Cancer-causing radon has been found in some Pennsylvania water wells, adding slightly to the much bigger threat faced byÃÂ ...
Williamsport Sun-Gazette
May 11, 2017
Cancer-causing radon has been found in some Pennsylvania water wells, adding slightly to the much bigger threat faced by homeowners fromÃÂ ...
Chinook Observer
February 15, 2017
Greg Webb/IAEA Fact-finding team leader Mike Weightman of the International Atomic Energy Agency examines Reactor Unit 3 at theÃÂ ...
Phys.Org
February 6, 2017
Although radon is known to exist in natural gas, now Penn State ... gas, where extraction is from uranium-rich areas, such as the MarcellusÃÂ ...
Huffington Post (blog)
April 21, 2015
Radon from Marcellus Shale natural gas is a new peril. EPA studies definitively show that soils in the Marcellus Shale region, where the naturalÃÂ ...
De Smog Blog (blog)
April 19, 2015
The potential link between fracking and radon in people's homes was .... higher than background — to pinpoint the Marcellus shale's locationÃÂ ...
StateImpact Pennsylvania
April 9, 2015
And it showed radon levels in active gas-drilling counties rose ... drilling in the Marcellus Shale as a possible cause of the higher radon levels.
De Smog Blog (blog)
June 3, 2013
Radioactive Waste From the Marcellus Shale Continues to Draw Concern .... Radon, a highly carcinogenic gas, is produced when radiumÃÂ ...
Lewistown Sentinel
March 16, 2017
Approved recommendations for the use of the county's 2017 Marcellus Legacy Fund projects, which include equipment at the Reedsville Playground in the amount of $10,000, Kish Park electrical upgrades in the amount of $10,300, replacement of pavilion ...
Lewistown Sentinel
March 9, 2017
Recommendations for the use of the county's 2017 Marcellus Legacy Fund projects, which include playground equipment at the Reedsville Playground in the amount of $10,000, Kish Park electrical upgrades in the amount of $10,300, replacement of pavilion ...
Bradford Era
February 9, 2017
Alice Taylor of Belfast urged the DEC to consider the radon and other radioactive isotopes in the Marcellus shale gas, and how it might spread along the pipeline.
Penn State News
February 7, 2017
Studies conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed radon's presence in natural gas, where extraction is from uranium-rich areas, such as the Marcellus Shale region. The Penn State researchers confirmed that the natural gas utilized on campusÃÂ ...
Bradford Era
October 28, 2016
Turning again to funding that the department has received, the department has received $38,000 in grant funding through Marcellus Shale dollars. The money will be used for accessible housing for people with ... Gavazzi said that projects in Elk County ...
StateImpact Pennsylvania
September 28, 2016
"We're disappointed in aspects of the court's ruling," said the Marcellus Shale Coalition president David Spigelmyer in a statement.
EcoWatch
June 26, 2016
Excessive radiation exposure can increase cancer risks; radon gas, for example, has been tied to lung cancer. The four states in the Marcellus are taking different approaches to the problem; none has it under control. Pennsylvania has increasingly ...
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