Baker Hughes starts disclosing fracking chemicals.

(NB by GasVets.org:  Disclosures by extraction companies should be compared against compounds and chemicals listed in a 2011 Congressional report which found that of the 750 compounds used by 14 major fracking companies, 650 contained “chemicals that are known or potential human carcinogens, regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, or listed as hazardous air pollutants.”   The list was extracted from documents submitted in the  Pennsylvania Act 13 lawsuit and can also be found beginning at page 153   of the second part of the Brief.  (Act 13 Section_3218 1_Brief_-_Part_1_of_2 (2) and Act 13 Section_3218 1_Brief_-_Part_2_of_2 (2).

 

Baker Hughes Inc. this month will start disclosing all of the chemicals it uses during hydraulic fracturing — the first of the major oil field service companies to adopt a policy of transparency. San Antonio Express-News, Texas. Baker Hughes Inc. this month will start disclosing all of the chemicals it uses during hydraulic fracturing — the first of the major oil field service companies to adopt a policy of transparency. San Antonio Express-News, Texas