Radioactivity from oil and gas produced water accumulated in freshwater mussels.

Biological indicator Biomonitor Bivalve Brine NORM Radium

Journal

The Science of the total environment
ISSN: 1879-1026
Titre abrégé: Sci Total Environ
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0330500

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
02 Apr 2024
Historique:
received: 18 01 2024
revised: 21 03 2024
accepted: 30 03 2024
medline: 5 4 2024
pubmed: 5 4 2024
entrez: 4 4 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Legacy disposal of oil and gas produced water (OGPW) to surface water has led to radium contamination in streambed sediment creating a long-term radium source. Increased radium activities pose a potential health hazard to benthic organisms, such as freshwater mussels, as radium is capable of bioaccumulation. This project quantifies the impact of OGPW disposal on adult freshwater mussels, Eurynia dilatata, which were examined along the Allegheny River adjacent to a centralized waste treatment facility (CWT) that historically treated and then discharged OGPW. Radium isotopes (

Identifiants

pubmed: 38575010
pii: S0048-9697(24)02294-0
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172151
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

172151

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Katharina Pankratz (K)

Civil & Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 212 Sackett Building, University Park, PA 16802-1408, United States of America.

Nathaniel R Warner (NR)

Civil & Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 212 Sackett Building, University Park, PA 16802-1408, United States of America. Electronic address: nrw6@psu.edu.

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