美国的地质学家们正在争论在深井处理废液是否会引起地震的问题。该争论集中在是否这种井引起了1986年1月31日震动了俄亥俄州佩里一核电站的地震。在美国,通过压力将废液注入深井已成为处理有害废液的可行办法。但是,研究环境污染问题的专家和一些地质学家担心其潜在的副作用。俄亥俄州阿森斯俄亥俄大学的阿迈德(Moid Ahmad)说,在这些注入废液的深井里,“无人知道实际上正在发生什么”。多数地质学家认为,高压注入废液有时可能在该深井附近引起小地震。7月下旬,美国环境保护局已要求钻这种井的钻井工判断是否 Geologists in the United States are debating whether deep-sea effluent disposal can cause earthquakes. The debate centered on whether the well caused the quake that struck a nuclear plant in Perry, Ohio, on January 31, 1986. In the United States, injecting spent fluids into deep wells under pressure has become a viable option for dealing with hazardous waste streams. However, experts and some geologists studying environmental pollution are concerned about their potential side effects. Moid Ahmad of Ohio University in Assumption, Ohio, said no one was actually aware of what was actually happening in these deep wells where liquid waste was injected. Most geologists believe that high pressure injection of waste may sometimes cause small earthquakes near the deep well. In late July, the US Environmental Protection Agency has asked the drillers to drill such wells to judge whether