Treating roads with oil and gas wastewater may spread harmful pollution

In recent years, when oil and gas are extracted or found, it ends up being recycled as it leads to the leaking of salt, radioactive elements and chemical affecting hormones into surface water or groundwater. With that being said, in 13 states, wastewater is able to be/is used to maintain roads as cheaper deicing fluid or for low budgets areas like rural areas to keep the roads in good shape. Additionally, spills and incidents from wastewater treatment plants have become an issue for us as it contains radium and will affect us humans and our environment negatively. Therefore, with the solution of new research, it could mean the testing of the wastewater before it is used and put out on the roads as well as more effective and affordable deicing alternatives to make everything safer.

I never really thought about this issue until reading this article but I highly think that the wastewater should have always been tested first before using it so that way it could have prevented these issues. As, if we don't take action to this uprising issue, it will only result in greater negative consequences in the future such as a bad environment.

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/treating-roads-oil-and-gas-wastewater-may-spread-harmful-pollution

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