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charge 1,000 bucks a filter if they try to throw this stuff away. that has earned tiny noonan north dakota the distinction of being five times as radioactive a site as what humans are supposed to live with. the worst illegal radioactive dump the state has seen yet but no one's expecting it's going to be the worst one forever. the mayor says she's furious, why isn't the state more on top of this? why don't they have a more stringent plan for getting rid of this stuff? good question mayor of 120 person noonan, north dakota. one of the consequences of the drilling boom is literally radioactive toxic waste turning up on indian reservations and the abandoned gas stations of the state, and municipal trash cans used by unsuspecting businesses. and sometimes dumped along the side of the road. drill, baby, drill, keep licking those paintbrushes, we will handle the radium issue later, some day. joining us now the executive director of the dakota resource

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joining us now the executive director of the dakota resource council. mr. morrison, it's nice to see you again, despite the circumstances. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me, rachel. good to see you. >> how common are discoveries like this? not necessarily just the filters specifically, but stuff being disposed of improperly from the drilling industry that poses a threat to public health in your state? >> well, they're becoming more common. we're finding out more and more all the time. and there's 75 tons of oil waste generated in north dakota every day. about a third of that is radioactive. and most of that is being dumped illegally in north dakota.

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they don't know -- when the municipal land waste dump facilities turn them away and fine them $1,000 a filter sock, the health department told us recently, they don't know what happens to it after it leaves that dump. >> wow. well, we're starting to see what happens to it. >> yeah, well, what we have is that yeah, is that they are -- they have two rows. the one role that trumps the other is promotion. promoting the oil industry. and the regulatory part of the state government's job has definitely taken a backseat. >> don morrison, the executive director of the dakota resource council. a group of north dakota landowners, concerned about what's going on in their state. thanks very much for being with us. appreciate it. >> great to be with you. thanks to the state of michigan. there was a new kind of insurance, just for women, that starts tomorrow. it's kind of hard to describe. i will try to in just a moment.

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can't track it. they don't know -- when the municipal land waste dump facilities turn them away and fine them $1,000 a filter sock, the health department told us recently, they don't know what happens to it after it leaves that dump. >> wow. well, we're starting to see what happens to it. >> yeah, well, what we have is that yeah, is that they are -- they have two rows. the one role that trumps the other is promotion. promoting the oil industry. and the regulatory part of the state government's job has definitely taken a backseat. >> don morrison, the executive director of the dakota resource council. a group of north dakota landowners, concerned about what's going on in their state. thanks very much for being with us. appreciate it. >> great to be with you. thanks to the state of michigan. there was a new kind of insurance, just for women, that starts tomorrow. it's kind of hard to describe. i will try to in just a moment.

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some day. joining us now the executive director of the dakota resource council. mr. morrison, it's nice to see you again, despite the circumstances. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me, rachel. good to see you. >> how common are discoveries like this? not necessarily just the filters specifically, but stuff being disposed of improperly from the drilling industry that poses a threat to public health in your state? >> well, they're becoming more common. we're finding out more and more all the time. and there's 75 tons of oil waste generated in north dakota every day. about a third of that is radioactive. and most of that is being dumped illegally in north dakota. >> why aren't regulations and oversight, even of something as extreme as radioactive waste, why aren't regulations and

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municipal land waste dump facilities turn them away and fine them $1,000 a filter sock, the health department told us recently, they don't know what happens to it after it leaves that dump. >> wow. well, we're starting to see what happens to it. >> yeah, well, what we have is that yeah, is that they are -- they have two rows. the one role that trumps the other is promotion. promoting the oil industry. and the regulatory part of the state government's job has definitely taken a backseat. >> don morrison, the executive director of the dakota resource council. a group of north dakota landowners, concerned about what's going on in their state. thanks very much for being with us. appreciate it. >> great to be with you. thanks to the state of michigan. there was a new kind of insurance, just for women, that starts tomorrow. it's kind of hard to describe. i will try to in just a moment. you may want to grab your inhaler or paper bag or what else keeps you from hyper ventilate on your couch.