mussels downstream of a wastewater treatment facility (IMAGE)
Caption
Researchers from Penn State’s Department of Civil and Environment Engineering analyzed the composition of mussels downstream of a wastewater treatment facility in Western Pennsylvania that had accepted and treated fracking wastewater, and found that their tissue and shells contained radium.
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Poornima Tomy/Penn State
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