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Bruce Duncanson of Lincoln, Ohio, said he organized neighbors in his hometown to ask public officials to reconsider spraying of fracking wastewater brine on the local roads to melt ice during the winter. Frackers use a mixture of water, sand, salt and chemicals to break up underground rock and release gas or oil. A portion of the millions of gallons of liquid used to drill returns to the surface, sometimes contaminated by radioactive underground metals, and must be treated, stored or reused. Several municipalities in Ohio and beyond have used fracking wastewater by-products to de-ice roads. Duncanson worries the wastewater still contains toxic additives and radioactive metals, and the industry may use icy roads as and excuse to dump its waste. "Who knows if they are going to use it as an excuse to just get rid of waste?" Duncanson said. http://truth-out.org/news/item/9849-hundreds-protest-fracking-in-ohio-as-drilling-expands