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In Westmoreland County's Rostraver Township, some residents are troubled about what it means to live near a landfill that processes potentially radioactive waste.

The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill has accepted solid fracking waste since 2010 and has often failed to dispose of it safely, leaving waste in uncovered piles, discharging contaminated runoff into the river or allowing it to leak around the site, according to inspection reports.

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‘Landfill tea’ steeps fracking waste near suburban communities

The risks of living near drilling pads are well documented. Radioactive fracking waste processed at off-site landfills extends those concerns to other communities.

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