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by TXSharon
Tue Nov 25, 2008 at 06:27:05 AM PST
Cheney Helped Halliburton Hide Secrets About Dangerous Chemicals in America's Drinking Water. Please recommend so others will have this information!
Hydraulic fracturing (fracing) is a drilling technique that was developed by Halliburton. Millions of gallons of fresh water, along with sand, and cancer-causing and toxic chemicals are injected under high pressure miles down the drilling hole to fracture the limestone shale and release the oil and gas trapped within.
In 2005, at the urging of Dick Cheney, former Halliburton CEO, Congress exempt fracing from the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. In 2001, Cheney’s energy task force report "touted" benefits and ignored consequences. His office was "involved in discussions about how fracturing should be portrayed in the [EPA] report." Halliburton earns about $1.5 BILLION annually from hydraulic fracturing. (Ibid)" More>>>>
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Benzene has not been used in oilfield applications in years. Why would halliburton give up if "frac recipe", which is proprietary, when a weatherford international employee is the one who apparently mad the nurse sick. The last time I checked, halliburton and weatherford were competitors and would not be using the same fluids.
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