Oil-and-gas wells produce nearly a trillion gallons of toxic waste a year. An investigation shows how it could be making workers sick and contaminating communities across America. Rolling Stone investigates America's radioactive secret rol.st/3aq4euo 
A set of cases settled in Louisiana in 2016 argued that oil-and-gas workers' exposure to radioactivity directly caused a litany of lethal cancers. “Once you have the information, it is indisputable,” says a scientist who served as an expert witness rol.st/3aytlej
"Essentially what you are doing is taking an underground radioactive reservoir and bringing it to the surface where it can interact with people and the environment," says a nuclear forensics expert about oil and gas extraction rol.st/2sO1KoC
Radioactive oil-and-gas waste could also be endangering the public. It's being spread on roads as a de-icer or dust suppressant. “Every time you put this solution onto your front steps you are basically causing a small radioactive spill,” says a scientist rol.st/2uj7W8n
