Halliburton CEO Has Underling Drink Frack Water

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Hal­libur­ton CEO Dave Lesar

As a way to demon­strate the safety of frack fluid, Hal­libur­ton CEO Dave Lesar had another Hal­libur­ton exec­u­tive drink it at a recent gas indus­try con­fer­ence in Den­ver. The Asso­ci­ated Press reports that Lesar was tout­ing a new recipe made from food grade addi­tives. But not every­one in the audi­ence was con­vinced. The A.P. says the Envi­ron­men­tal Defense Fund’s Mark Brown­stein saw it as a stunt.

“I also do in some ways think the stunt is very much indica­tive of the prob­lem the indus­try has in assur­ing the pub­lic that they are in fact tak­ing pub­lic con­cerns seri­ously,” Brown­stein said. “Because quite hon­estly, a home­owner in Penn­syl­va­nia doesn’t have the option of hav­ing an under­ling drink his water. He has to do it himself.”