tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post2585167245819423353..comments2024-02-23T01:30:06.101-08:00Comments on Early Warning: Radioactivity in Shale Gas Drilling WastewaterStuart Stanifordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182839827506265860noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-68322584343942776992011-02-27T11:55:30.997-08:002011-02-27T11:55:30.997-08:00This entire industry seems out of control. I was ...This entire industry seems out of control. I was just reading yet another account of problems here:<br />http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/02/25-1<br /><br />I can certainly should be concerned if the radioactivity that is coming up in the waste water is radium. That's an alpha emitter. You can hold a highly radioactive alpha emitter in your hand it it won't hurt you because the radiation can't penetrate the dead layer of your skin, but once ingested that short penetration range means that the disintegrations are very damaging to tissue.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08580497879135994296noreply@blogger.com