Think Fracking Is Bad? Wait Until You Hear about the Gas Industry's "Acid Jobs"

  Think Fracking Is Bad? Wait Until You Hear about the Gas Industry's "Acid Jobs"Think fracking is bad? You should know about 'acid jobs,' environmental groups are warning.
A pumpjack drills for oil in the Monterey Shale, California, April 29, 2013. (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson) 'Acid jobs,' a highly toxic method of fossil fuel extraction, have gone vastly unregulated by lawmakers, particularly in California where the method is commonly used.
An 'acid job' is a process whereby companies pump chemicals such as hydrofluoric acid into an already built gas and oil well to "melt rocks" and objects that are obstructing oil flow.