Fracking wastewater accumulation found in freshwater mussels' shells

Monday, October 22, 2018 - 13:30 in Earth & Climate

Elevated concentrations of strontium, an element associated with oil and gas wastewaters, have accumulated in the shells of freshwater mussels downstream from fracking wastewater disposal sites, according to researchers from Penn State and Union College.

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