A recent federal worker safety alert about dust from sand used in hydraulic fracturing caught few Wyoming oil and gas officials and companies by surprise, despite a lack of research into the danger by state agencies. Nearly 80% of all air samples taken by NIOSH showed exposure rates above federal recommendations. Nearly a third of all samples surpassed the recommended limits by 10 times or more.
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