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2mn people in California, Midwest drink uranium-contaminated
dethalternateDate: Tuesday, 18-August-2015, 9:00 PM | Message # 1
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2mn people in California, Midwest drink uranium-contaminated water – study

Almost 2 million people in California and the Midwest live on aquifer sites which have up to 180 times the safe level of uranium, according to a recent study by US researchers.

Some 275,000 groundwater samples were taken for evaluation, and it turns out that many Americans live about a kilometer from wells that are uranium-polluted, scientists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln discovered.

Seventy-eight percent of the pollution comes from nitrate, the contaminator deriving from chemical fertilizers and animal waste. Nitrates oxidize uranium, making it soluble in groundwater.

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Read more/full article/source - http://www.rt.com/usa/312731-uranium-aquifer-water-contamination/


 
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