America’s Radioactive Secret
Oil-and-gas wells produce nearly a trillion gallons of toxic waste a year. An investigation shows how it could be making workers sick and contaminating communities across America.
Oil-and-gas wells produce nearly a trillion gallons of toxic waste a year. An investigation shows how it could be making workers sick and contaminating communities across America.
Justin Nobel Rolling Stone Jan 2020 35min Permalink
The author grew up drinking and bathing in the toxic waters around a military base in North Carolina. Thirty years later, she returns to investigate.
Lori Lou Freshwater Pacific Standard Aug 2018 10min Permalink
A “reckless” fracking company, poisoned springs, and a family forced to buy water at Walmart.
Eliza Griswold The Intercept Jul 2018 20min Permalink
The author on his reverence for water.
The journey of a river from source to mouth resembles our own journey from birth to death, an analogy oft remarked, and yet the beginnings and endings of rivers are as fictional as those we impose on stories. There are headwaters to headwaters and no river ever really ends.
Donovan Hohn Lapham's Quarterly Jun 2018 20min Permalink
Flint residents mold their lives around a perpetual water crisis and endless unanswerable questions.
Steve Friess Undark Magazine Nov 2016 Permalink
“The crisis in Flint isn’t over. It’s everywhere.”
Ben Paynter Wired Jun 2016 Permalink
How the Pentagon makes “Koch Industries look like an organic farm” when it comes to toxic water contamination.
Alexander Nazaryan Newsweek Jul 2014 Permalink