Benzene is back — and scarily so.
Drawing on analyses that the Center for Biological Diversity conducted, Julie Cart, an investigative journalist for the Los Angeles Times, has reported that “significant concentrations” of benzene, a cancer-causing petroleum derivative, are in fracking waste liquid in California.
LA Times,February 25, 2015
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-fracking-20150211-story.html#page=1