According to Forbes, Excelyte, a solution used in hospitals to guard against infection from numerous diseases, has now found a use in the oil and gas industry. Recently, Excelyte has been tested at some drilling sites to salvage wastewater from fracking.

Even though Excelyte is supposed to be beneficial to the safety of oil field workers, there is opposition to it’s use because of the possibility of environmental hazards.

From Forbes:

“A single frack job takes millions of gallons of water, with only 25-30% of that water recovered for reuse. IET claims that by mixing water with Excelyte’s bacteria and sulfur-fighting properties instead of toxic chemicals, twice as much wastewater can be recovered for reuse in fracking instead of using fresh water.”

Via: Forbes > The hospital disinfectant that’s being used in fracking