Highly toxic and radioactive fracking waste is being transported through makeshift pipelines with no government oversight. What could go wrong?
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about petrochemical plants dumping toxins in the nearby water, how Cambodian brick factories burning plastic clothes for fuel are making workers sick, and how wildfires in California are creating toxic air and debris from burning plastic structures, furnishings and personal items. Then investigative reporter Justin Nobel talks about the secret network of unregulated pipelines in fracking country carrying highly toxic and radioactive waste to unknown destinations.
Links from the Interview
The Secret Pipelines Carrying Toxic Fracking Waste: https://www.desmog.com/2024/12/23/josh-shapiro-seneca-resources-whistleblower-demands-pennsylvania-gov-fix-completely-unregulated-fracking-wastewater-network/
Big Oil's Dangerous Radioactive Secret: https://www.desmog.com/2024/04/24/petroleum-238-fracking-big-oil-dangerous-secret-justin-noble-ohio-west-virginia-toxic-waste/
Links from the News
Petrochemical plants pour millions of pounds of pollutants into water: https://www.ehn.org/petrochemical-plants-send-pollutants-into-waterways-2670496106.html
Cambodian brick kilns powered by synthetic clothing scraps: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68102771
Wildfires and burning plastic: https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/blog/2025/1/17/plastic-chemicals-in-wildfire-smoke-and-how-to-protect-yourself
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