Fears Confirmed: Offshore Fracking a Toxic Mess [View all]

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Center for Biological Diversity analysis reveals list of toxic chemicals in offshore fracking often dumped with wastewater into ocean

Fears Confirmed: Offshore Fracking a Toxic Mess
- Jacob Chamberlain, staff writer
Published on Thursday, November 14, 2013 by Common Dreams

Offshore hydraulic fracturing operations off the coast of California use highly toxic chemicals that are often released directly into water along the state's coast, the Center for Biological Diversity revealed today, calling on the state's Coastal Commission to halt fracking for oil and gas in state waters.

In an analysis sent by letter to the Commission ahead of a meeting this week in Newport Beach, The Center for Biological diversity pulls from data disclosed by oil companies and obtained from government documents that highlights seven risky chemicals used in "hundreds of recently revealed frack jobs in state waters" that directly violate the Coastal Act.

Multiple oil platforms, according to the research, are discharging wastewater directly into the Santa Barbara Channel, according to a government document, and other areas along the California Coast.

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A recent report by the Associated Press showed that California coastal regulators were unaware until recently that offshore fracking was even occurring.