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News Release 14-140
New tracers can identify frack fluids in the environment
Scientists develop new geochemical tracers, tested at sites in West Virginia and Pennsylvania
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An image showing an unconventional shale gas drilling site in West Virginia.
Credit: Avner Vengosh
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Acid mine drainage flows through a stream in western Pennsylvania.
Credit: Nathaniel Warner
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An unconventional shale gas well in northeastern Pennsylvania.
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An unconventional shale gas well in West Virginia.
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Wastewater tanks at a spill site in West Virginia.
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A disposal site in western Pennsylvania.
Credit: Nathaniel Warner
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