singular_me
20th August 2015, 03:03 PM
there you have it: your own well could be unsafe
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aug 20 2015
Almost 2 million people in California and the Midwest live on aquifer sites which have up to 180 times the safe level of uranium, according to a recent study by US researchers.
Some 275,000 groundwater samples were taken for evaluation, and it turns out that many Americans live about a kilometer from wells that are uranium-polluted, scientists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln discovered.
Seventy-eight percent of the pollution comes from nitrate, the contaminator deriving from chemical fertilizers and animal waste. Nitrates oxidize uranium, making it soluble in groundwater.’
Read more: Two million people in California, Midwest drink uranium-contaminated water – study
http://www.rt.com/usa/312731-uranium-aquifer-water-contamination/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=aplication_chrome&utm_campaign=chrome
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aug 20 2015
Almost 2 million people in California and the Midwest live on aquifer sites which have up to 180 times the safe level of uranium, according to a recent study by US researchers.
Some 275,000 groundwater samples were taken for evaluation, and it turns out that many Americans live about a kilometer from wells that are uranium-polluted, scientists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln discovered.
Seventy-eight percent of the pollution comes from nitrate, the contaminator deriving from chemical fertilizers and animal waste. Nitrates oxidize uranium, making it soluble in groundwater.’
Read more: Two million people in California, Midwest drink uranium-contaminated water – study
http://www.rt.com/usa/312731-uranium-aquifer-water-contamination/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=aplication_chrome&utm_campaign=chrome