Dangerous Radiation in Houston Water - Texas Sharon's Bluedaze

I-Team: Draft of federal report finds radiation widespread in Houston water VIDEO

“Let me translate that report in my view: Houston has a problem with its water supply,” said City Council Member C.O. “Brad” Bradford, who is also the former chief of police in Houston.

“There’s radiation in Houston’s water supplies across the Houston area that’s completely unacceptable. It is dangerous,” he said.

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Further, the EPA also says in the federal register that, “For alpha particles, it has been shown experimentally that a single alpha passing through a cell is sufficient to induce a mutational event.”

Multiple toxicologists and radiation experts KHOU spoke with agree with the EPA and Bradford, that any amount of radiation exposure in drinking water increases your risk for cancer.

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Let’s recap the news from the past couple of days:

89% of US cities have hexavalent chromium in tap water

EPA, Powell Barnett Newsletter Agree: Hydraulic fracturing causes gas to penetrate water zone.

Add to that something we already know:

Radioactive nuclides in hydraulic fracturing flowback

Radioactive contamination widespread in Barnett Shale

Natural Gas Production Causing Water Bankruptcy

FACT: The World Bank says that by 2030 demand for water will outstrip supply by 40%…

The suffering behind that is absolutely unspeakable.

~Maude Barlow heads the Council of Canadians, Canada’s largest public advocacy organization, and is a founder of the Blue Planet Project.

About Sharon Wilson

Sharon Wilson is considered a leading citizen expert on the impacts of shale oil and gas extraction. She is the go-to person whether it’s top EPA officials from D.C., national and international news networks, or residents facing the shock of eminent domain and the devastating environmental effects of natural gas development in their backyards.