John Hickenlooper: I drank fracking fluid

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

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Washington Times

Just chilling with muh boys drinking fracking fluid.

Normal weekend.

[Maxwell]

I agree with Al Franken, it does sound rather bizarre

[King]

But he won't smoke that poisonous marihuana.

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

I agree with Al Franken, it does sound rather bizarre

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

That's frackin' stupid.

[muon2]

Fracking fluid is mostly water and sand with less than 1% other chemicals. CO has pretty good regulations on chemical disclosure, and most of what would be disclosed are additives that might be found in many consumer products.  So with that disclosure, I could see him taking a swig.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

must be a side effect of the mary jane

[fezzyfestoon]

I lost a huge amount of respect for Hickenlooper because of this. What a stupid move on so many levels. What a disappointment.

[Zioneer]

Wow, Hickenlooper is kind of stupid. For one thing, he probably had the glass specially prepared, because no politician would take the chance of actually dying from fracking fluid. For another, he's still probably going to have a health problem from that much chemicals, and for a third thing, fracking is still pretty dangerous.

[opebo]

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Washington Times

Belief in capitalism is a kind of irrational and destructive belief, though not strictly speaking a religion or cult.

[Simfan34]

My uncle grows the plants they use in this in Ghana.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Remember guys, Christie is the governor whose health is at risk...

[Landslide Lyndon]

I've read that Hickenlooper was kinda weird but this...

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

He can drink all the fracking fluid he likes. My problem is the lengths he's willing to go to in order to make others drink it too.

In case you missed it, he threatened to sue the city of Longmont for daring to put an initiative that would ban fracking on their ballot last year. It passed. He backed down, but has publicly supported the ensuing lawsuit from the oil and gas industry.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Remember guys, Christie is the governor whose health is at risk...

Indeed. An overweight Governor is obviously less likely to be an effective leader. Instead, let's have a Governor who likes to drink chemically modified piss. Good idea.

[muon2]

Wow, Hickenlooper is kind of stupid. For one thing, he probably had the glass specially prepared, because no politician would take the chance of actually dying from fracking fluid. For another, he's still probably going to have a health problem from that much chemicals, and for a third thing, fracking is still pretty dangerous.

Can you cite why he would need a specially prepared glass or why he would have a health problem? Here's what his state lists as the typical compositionand you can see that the chemicals are in small percentages, and are generally available in other consumer products.

[opebo]

...you can see that the chemicals are in small percentages, and are generally available in other consumer products.

Well yes, but very few of them are in products meant to be consumed orally!

[muon2]

...you can see that the chemicals are in small percentages, and are generally available in other consumer products.

Well yes, but very few of them are in products meant to be consumed orally!

But because of their uses, it is anticipated that consumers will ingest small amounts, so they are tested at those low concentrations. For example, people who swim in pools are expected to ingest small amounts of pool chemicals and not suffer adverse effects. Similarly, the chemicals in soaps, household cleaners and cosmetics will often be ingested from contact with one's hands. In those small amounts they should have little ill effect.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

...you can see that the chemicals are in small percentages, and are generally available in other consumer products.

Well yes, but very few of them are in products meant to be consumed orally!

But because of their uses, it is anticipated that consumers will ingest small amounts, so they are tested at those low concentrations. For example, people who swim in pools are expected to ingest small amounts of pool chemicals and not suffer adverse effects. Similarly, the chemicals in soaps, household cleaners and cosmetics will often be ingested from contact with one's hands. In those small amounts they should have little ill effect.

Isn't it different when you're deliberately ingesting large amounts?

[muon2]

...you can see that the chemicals are in small percentages, and are generally available in other consumer products.

Well yes, but very few of them are in products meant to be consumed orally!

But because of their uses, it is anticipated that consumers will ingest small amounts, so they are tested at those low concentrations. For example, people who swim in pools are expected to ingest small amounts of pool chemicals and not suffer adverse effects. Similarly, the chemicals in soaps, household cleaners and cosmetics will often be ingested from contact with one's hands. In those small amounts they should have little ill effect.

Isn't it different when you're deliberately ingesting large amounts?

What do you mean by a large amount. Petroleum distillate makes up 0.088% of the fluid according to the link I provided. If I assume a 100 mL (4 oz) serving of fluid the amount of distillate is 88 microliters. That's about 1-2 drips from an hospital IV. That isn't going to cause a health impact, considering a few drops of a skin care product taken orally won't generally have an impact.

[Nhoj]

You people do realize you are probably ingesting far worse chemicals on a daily basis.

[Indy Texas]

Maybe Colorado tourist traps can start selling shot glasses of fracking fluid. If you drink it, you can buy a souvenir t-shirt that says "I Drank The Fracking Fluid" (as opposed to Cozumel's "I Ate The Worm" shirts).

[angus]

John Hickenlooper: I drank fracking fluid

Sounds like the name of a really lame porno movie.

[Marokai Backbeat]

John Hickenlooper: I drank fracking fluid

Sounds like the name of a really lame porno movie.

Fracking Hickenlooper.

[angus]

...or maybe a sideshow at an early-20th century carnival.

Step right up, ladies and gentlemen.  Watch Professor Hickenlooper drink fracking fluid as the bearded lady and snake boy juggle flaming butcher knives.  Come one, come all.