https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/04/29/fracfocus-not-adequate-disclosure-for-fracking-chemicals/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/04/29/fracfocus-not-adequate-disclosure-for-fracking-chemicals/#comment-29905 Dallas Richards Sat, 04 May 2013 22:07:24 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=8198#comment-29905 Shale fracking is a risky and unproven technology posing significant risk of harm to the natural environment and human health. Strikingly, the true extent of this risk is largely unknown, as federal and California state law do not require oil and gas companies to fully disclose the dizzying array of chemicals (including biocides, gellants, foaming agents, anti-foaming agents, corrosion inhibitors, and many others) used in “frack fluids.” A recent study conducted by the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee found that between 2005 and 2009, oil companies had used more than 780 million gallons of frack fluids containing 750 individual chemicals. At least 29 of these chemicals are considered to be carcinogenic, hazardous, or otherwise a risk to human health, such as benzene, methanol, hydrochloric acid, and formaldehyde. Shale fracking is a risky and unproven technology posing significant risk of harm to the natural environment and human health. Strikingly, the true extent of this risk is largely unknown, as federal and California state law do not require oil and gas companies to fully disclose the dizzying array of chemicals (including biocides, gellants, foaming agents, anti-foaming agents, corrosion inhibitors, and many others) used in “frack fluids.” A recent study conducted by the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee found that between 2005 and 2009, oil companies had used more than 780 million gallons of frack fluids containing 750 individual chemicals. At least 29 of these chemicals are considered to be carcinogenic, hazardous, or otherwise a risk to human health, such as benzene, methanol, hydrochloric acid, and formaldehyde.

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