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3TuesdayAugust132013ChemicaldisclosureloopholeforfrackinginSahtucreateshealthandsafetyhazardcriticQUALITYUSEDVEHICLESONLY25995Checkouttherestofourstockatwww.highlevelmotorproducts.com2013GMCCrewCab5.3LitreSixSpeedClothBenchSeat13400KMONLY329952009HyundaiElsntraPowerdoorsWindowsACCruisecontrol74000KMONLY199952010Chev1500RegularCabTwoWheelDriveBaseModel8000KMONLY13995ONLY159952006GMCSierraLeatherseatsFullLoadofOptions144000KMContinuedfrompage1.HowcantheyproperlyprotectthemselveswhentheyghtareordealwithaspillatanemergencyiftheydontknowwhatchemicalsareinthosetanksErnstasked.Nevermindthepeoplewholivebesidethesiteandarebreathingthetoxins.ErnstsaidworkersandemergencyrespondersintheNorthhavemoretolosewhenresponseandtraveltimeistakenintoconsiderationforemergencytransportation.YoureisolatedupthereintheTerritoriessowhatifaworkerisdousedintoxicsecretsauceandcomesintoemergencyandnobodycanwarnanyoftheemergencystaffhowtoprotectthem-selvesTheydontknowwhatkindofrespiratorstowearwhethertoputhimintoiso-lationwhetherotherpatientswillbeatriskfromhimdrip-pingtoxicchemicalsintoahospitalshesaid.Youhavecommunitiesfarapartwhichmakesitworsebecauseaper-sonwhomightbeexposedwouldhavetotravelfurtherandbeexposedlongertogettoahospital.BoardgivenMSDSsheetsforadditivesFrackingacontroversialandunconventionaloilandgasdrillingprocessinjectschemicallyalteredwaterandsandathighspeedsunder-groundtohydraulicallyfrac-tureorfractheshalebedreleasingpetroleumwhichisthenpushedupthroughawell.TheleftoversolutionoftoxicwastewateriseitherinjectedintoundergroundstoragetanksorasConocoPhillipsplansishauledbytrucktoadumpsite.Thechemicalsaddedtothemixincludearangeofsolventsgellingagentsfriction-reduc-ingagentsandnon-emulsi-ersamongothersoftenlistedbyproductorbrandnameorbasedontheirpurpose.ForexamplethelistofchemicalsandtheirMSDSsheetssubmittedbyCon-ocoPhillipstotheSLWBincludesasurfactantbreakerwater-frictionre-ducingagentandX-CIDE207IndustrialMicrobiocidetonameafew.SLWBexecutivedirectorPaulDixonsaidtheboardgetsinformationfromcompaniesinthreewaysrstalistofallpotentialchemicalsthenariskassessmentforthosechemicalstoidentifyiftherearelesstoxicalternativesavailableandnallyabreakdownofwhatwasusedaftereachfrac.Basicallytheresacoupledifferentcompetingcompa-niesthatrunthesefrackingchemicalsandwegetthebreakdownsinthechemicalMSDSsheets.SothatgivesusthematerialsfoundwithineachoneofthosefracuidsandwherethefracuidsarecommonlyusedDixonsaid.Theydisclosewhattheyarebutthenwhentheygiveusthelistforwhattheyusedforthatspecicfractheexactcombinationsarentgiven.TheyllgiveustheMSDSsheet-itwillbeallthechemi-calswithintherebutthe0.1or0.2percentorwhateverofthiscomponentorthatcom-ponentwontbeidentied.DixonadmittedthatMSDSsheetscanbealittlebitvaguebutstilllistthenamesoftheproducts.TheyrenotgoingtoleaveoutachemicalbutsomeMSDSsheetsarealittlebitmorewell-renedthanoth-ershesaid.MSDSsheetsaverygoodconErnstAccordingtoErnstinfor-mationcontainedonthesefracfluidsMSDSsheetsisincompletewithsomepartsofthesolutionmiss-ingaltogether.ForexampleX-CIDEsingredientsonlyaddupto92percentoftheuidwhenusingthemaxquantityofeachadditiveifkeepinglev-elstotheminimum38percentofthemicrobiocideismissing.ForNon-Emul-sifyingAgentW54-anadditivethatcontainsnaph-thalenearedbloodcellde-stroyerandwhichcannotbemadenon-toxic-fourofthesixcomponentsarelistedasproprietarywithoutCASnumbersdisclosed.Ernstsaidpartoftheprob-lemisthetradesecretsloopholebutsaidtheissuehastodowiththeMSDSsheetsingeneralwhichshecalledaverygoodcon.Be-sideskeepingtradesecretssecretbylistingagenericproductnamelikecorro-siveasthechemicalitselfthesheetsleaveoutwhatcouldbethreeto500harm-fulingredientscontainedwithinshesaid.Theytheboardareget-tinganumberandanameandtheythinktheyreget-tingachemicalshesaid.ButhowmuchbenzineisineachofthoseproductsHowmuchtoluene-itsaknownneurotoxinthatdam-agesthebrainespeciallyinchildren...WhatacidsaretheyinjectingOnlinedisclosuresiteslikefracfocus.comrecentlymademandatoryinAlbertaalsoleaveoutspecicinformationonchemicalingredients.Alistoffracuidsontheweb-sitefromoneexamplewellinAlbertagavenoinforma-tiononthreeoftheadditivesfortheotherfouronlybrandnamesweregivenwithnolistofingredients.CompletelistofchemicalsunknowninCanadaAnassessmentdonebyformerfederalenvironmentcommissionerScottVaughanonfrackinginFebruarycon-rmedthelackofgovernmentknowledgeonthechemicalsbeingused.EnvironmentCanadaandHealthCanadatoldusthatwhileapartiallistofsub-stancesthatarelikelytobeusedinhydraulicfracturinghasbeendevelopedacom-pletelistofsubstancesusedinCanadaisnotknownhewroteaddingEnvironmentCanadain-formedusthatittakesaboutthreeyearstoestablishcon-trolmeasures...EnvironmentCanadaandHealthCanadatoldusthattheyarestillworkingtowardgainingabetterunderstandingofthesubstancescontainedinhy-draulicfracturinguidandtherisksassociatedwiththehydraulicfracturingprocess.Ernstsaidregulatoryboardsandgovernmentarebeingconnedintothink-ingtheyhavetheinforma-tionneededtokeeppeoplesafeandprotecttheenvi-ronmentandshouldusethepowergiventothemthroughtheCanadianEnvironmentalProtectionActtoenforcefulldisclosureofchemicalsorpreventchemicalsfrombeinguseduntiltheirhealtheffectsarestudied.Peoplehavetherighttoknowsotheycanmakeaninformedbalancedreason-ablechoiceonwhetherornottheywanttoletthisindustryintotheirterritoryorthinkofabetterwaytomakeen-ergyshesaid.IfpeopleintheTerritoriesknewthatthesewastescon-tainedsuchandsuchchem-icalsandwereradioactiveperhapshadacertaincon-centrationofcarcinogensneurotoxinsbutthespecicdeadlychemicalidentiedIwouldexpectcommunitiesanywherewhoknewthiswouldrefusetoallowit.Idontbelieveitsatallabouttradesecrets.PhotoColinSmithIndustryFrackingAlbertalandownerandoilpatchconsultantJessicaErnstsaysproperinformationonfrackingchemicalsandtheirimpactsonhumanhealthandtheenvironmentisnotbeingdisclosedtothegovernmentregulatorsorthepublic.