Environmental group urges county testing after citing ODNR study showing elevated radium in brine
Representatives from Buckeye Environmental Network told commissioners that oil-and-gas brine used as a road dust suppressant can contain radium-226 at levels that exceed environmental discharge limits, urged township and county testing, and highlighted an Ohio EPA grant for chloride-reduction measures.
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Representatives of the Buckeye Environmental Network told Morrow County commissioners on Sept. 9 that oil-and-gas brine used on county and township roads can contain long-lived radium isotopes and may pose a lasting contamination risk to soil and groundwater. Anton Kreider, who said he works for the Buckeye Environmental Network, presented a packet describing state studies and a Guernsey County resolution that stopped brine use in that county.
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