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Data: Toxic chemicals from fracking wastewater spills can persist for years - C C - May 22, 2016 http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/web/2016/05/Toxic-chemicals-fracking-wastewater-spills.html EXCERPT: In North Dakota’s Bakken region, the fracking boom has generated nearly 10,000 wells for unconventional oil and gas production—and along with them, almost 4,000 reported wastewater spills resulting from the activity. A new study shows that these spills have left surface waters in the area carrying radium, selenium, thallium, lead, and other toxic chemicals that can persist for years at unsafe levels. Soils and sediments at spill sites also harbored long-lasting radium contamination, the study found....