"Trade Secret" Fracking Fluid Spill in PA

[sixmile]

Don't worry, it's harmless. - Industry spokesperson

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/20/pennsylvania-fracking-spill-gas-blowout-2011_n_851637.html

'Thousands of gallons of fracking fluid have spilled following an accident at a natural gas well in Pennsylvania, WNEP reports.

The Chesapeake Energy well in Bradford County lost control late Tuesday night.'

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'The chemicals used in fracking fluids have been a contentious subject, as many energy companies have long guarded them as a "trade secret." A recent report released by three House Democrats says that millions of gallons of potentially hazardous chemicals and known carcinogens, such as methanol, have been injected into wells across the country by energy companies using the controversial fracking method.

Developing reports of the fracking spill in Pennsylvania come at a time when the fossil fuel industry is facing intense public scrutiny, as today marks the one-year anniversary of the Gulf oil spill.'

video at link

[onethatcares]

1. if an independent lab would happen to get a bit of it for testing

we might just find out what the secret is.

[sixmile]

2. Why do you hate the free market?

Leave our trade secrets alone and we promise to make you feel all warm and fuzzy about your drinking water!

[doc03]

3. Come drill in Ohio our new a--hole Governor Kasich wants

to eliminate all the regulations.

[thereismore]

4. Corporations have the right to privacy now, so don't you dare ask about their secrets. nt

[gratuitous]

5. Hmmmm

Now, based on another thread here in GD (the smoker who attacked someone who tried to keep him from lighting up in a crowded subway car), I will wait to see if anyone thinks Chesapeake Energy would be justified in sending out goons to attack anyone who objects to this fluid being introduced into the environment. I'd still think the justifiers are completely wrong, but would have to give them a point for consistency.