Abyproduct of oklahoma’s oil production, what is used in disinfectants and pharmaceuticals.

The production of oil and gas wells in Oklahoma also produced a brine byproduct. This brine was found to contain a high concentration of iodine that is extracted and used for cloud seeding, pharmaceuticals, disinfectants, photography, animal feed, and other uses.

It made it way easier for the ‘ goods’ to be able to be processed in humongous quantities (amounts).