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Reflecting Risk: Chemical Disclosure And Hydraulic Fracturing, Sara Gosman
Reflecting Risk: Chemical Disclosure And Hydraulic Fracturing, Sara Gosman
Georgia Law Review
In the last three years, twenty-two states have responded to public concern about high-volume hydraulic fracturing by requiring disclosure of the chemicals injected into oil and gas wells. Central to these policies is a nationwide website known as "FracFocus,"which now contains data on almost 56,000 wells. No environmental issue in recent memory has spurred such a fast and uniform policy response by the states, a response that is more remarkable given the contested nature of hydraulic fracturing. Drawing on the fields of risk science and decision science, the Article examines the virtues and perils of chemical disclosure as a policy …