Unconventional oil and gas development and ambient particle radioactivity

Longxiang Li; Annelise J. Blomberg; John D. Spengler; Brent A. Coull; Joel D. Schwartz; Petros Koutrakis

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18226-w

Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Unconventional oil and gas development and ambient particle radioactivity

Longxiang Li,
Annelise J. Blomberg,
John D. Spengler,
Brent A. Coull,
Joel D. Schwartz,
Petros Koutrakis

Affiliations

Longxiang Li: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
Annelise J. Blomberg: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
John D. Spengler: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
Brent A. Coull: Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
Joel D. Schwartz: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
Petros Koutrakis: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18226-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Unconventional oil and gas production has increased drastically in the US, but its environmental impacts are not well known. Here, the authors show that these wells can be associated with elevated levels of airborne particle radioactivity in downwind locations.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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