UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Aug. 24 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Pennsylvania ranks second in U.S. natural gas production, accounting for about one-fifth of U.S. output in 2024, and has one of the most extensive histories of energy extraction in the country. A team of researchers from Penn State is trying to better understand the environmental impacts of these sites - specifically, if fracking is increasing radium content in local drinking water.
According to a new study recently published in Environmental Science and Technology, the answer is not a simple yes or no. The team recorded higher salt concentrations in samples taken closer to energy extraction sites, in...