Secretly injecting chemicals into soil is evil. Florida News Press. Fracking secretly?

[madfloridian]

A company was just fined $25,000 for doing a procedure in the the Corkscrew Swamp near Naples, FL, that sounds just like fracking. Not a very large fine, and it was the first most had heard about it.

Found this editorial in the Florida News Press.

Secretly injecting chemicals into soil is evil

The first job of government is to keep us safe. Nothing should deter government from that role, especially laws passed by the same government.

It sounds crazy, and it is crazy, but that is what is happening right here in Southwest Florida.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is working to keep the drilling of oil and gas wells safe and it is interested in a drilling technique called “fracking.” In some cases, this technique involves injecting a dissolving solution of chemicals into the well to break up some fissures in the underlying rock, thereby freeing the oil to be pumped to the surface.

There is a question as to whether the chemicals involved are safe or whether they are toxic and dangerous to human health. But the DEP can’t know that because of a state law that allows drilling companies to keep “confidential trade secrets.”

This situation involves Dan A. Hughes Co. and a well it is drilling at Hogan Island, southwest of Lake Trafford in Collier County.

Where else is this going on, and why don't we know about it?

[madfloridian]

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A shameless kick back from the dead zone where it went quickly. Florida can not tolerate any more disturbance to its shaky foundations.