Managing wastewater from fracking, with Robert B. Jackson by Ahearn Ashley.

Erratum: “Radionuclides in Fracking Wastewater: Managing a Toxic Blend”

Erratum: “Radionuclides in Fracking Wastewater: Managing a Toxic Blend” The Focus article “Radionuclides in Fracking Wastewater: Managing a Toxic Blend” [Environ Health Perspect 122:A50–A55 (2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.122-A50] incorrectly stated that Pennsylvania requires pit liners for temporary impoundments and disposal to have a minimum thickness of 30 mm. The correct minimum thick...

Estimating Wastewater Impacts from Fracking

Wastewater produced by hydraulic fracturing (" fracking ") for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale is already overwhelming disposal options and will continue to do so as gas development increases, according to newly published research. The investigation did not evaluate environmental consequences of the wastewater. But lead author Brian Lutz, an assistant professor in the Kent State University D...

Benchmarks of Toxicology, with Peter Goering.

In honor of its fiftieth anniversary the Society of Toxicology teamed up with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the National Toxicology Program, and Environmental Health Perspectives to produce a poster celebrating some of the foremost “benchmarks” of the field. In this podcast Peter Goering tells host Ashley Ahearn how he and other members of the evaluation group chose f...

The legacy of waste couture, with Luz Claudio. Interview by Ashley Ahearn.

Low-dose effects of endocrine disruptors, with Laura Vandenberg. Interview by Ashley Ahearn.