A 26-year-old employee at McBride Operating in Waskom was killed when a valve blew off a pump last year. Another worker had sued the company two years earlier after being injured on the job.
  • raoulEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Despite its toxicity, oil and gas waste is deemed non-hazardous under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Once separated, liquid waste is injected underground and solid waste is transported offsite to landfills.

    That’s seems like a totally fine industrial practice. It will be really unimaginable if this leads to some long term disasters.