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Why is toxic wastewater bubbling up from underneath this Ohio city?

On Point by WBUR

Sep 3, 202600:35:24News & Politics

Highly toxic wastewater from America’s fracking boom is buried in deep underground wells. But in some places that toxic waste is bubbling upwards -- threatening local drinking water. How Marietta, Ohio is trying to fight...

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