The natural gas well fire in Clarington, Ohio on June 28 caused water contamination and air pollution, but what hasn’t been publicized is the types of chemicals released, according to Huffington Post.

The Halliburton fire burned for a week, killing 70,000 fish in a creek close by and possibly contaminating drinking water with an unknown list of toxins.

Ohio’s fracking disclosure law limits knowledge of fracking chemicals to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and physicians dealing with patients affected by the chemicals. After the Halliburton accident, however, some state officials now feel that the law should be changed so that citizens are better protected in the future.

From Huffington Post:

“Of the roughly 30 states where fracking is now underway, only six require advance disclosure of the fracking chemicals that will be used. Many state laws, like the one in Ohio, allow the agency overseeing oil and gas drilling to receive the needed chemical information but limit that agency’s ability to share the information, even in the case of an emergency.”

>Via: Huffington Post > Got Science? Ohio wake-up call on fracking disclosure laws