Your help needed to pass FRAC Act and hold drilling companies accountable for water pollution - Tell Congress to Close the Halliburton Loophole!

Here's what the already made letter says and it's disgusting. I don't see how anyone could NOT send this letter to their congressman:



As you know, S.587, the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act was recently introduced in the Senate. It would amend the Safe Drinking Water act to repeal the exemption for hydraulic fracturing and require disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing fluids.

It is time to hold the oil and gas production industry to the same standards as any other industry and protect drinking water. This loophole is a relic of the Bush Administration and must be undone to avoid further water pollution issues.

Hydraulic fracturing involves the injection of fluids, often containing toxic chemicals, into oil or gas wells at very high pressure. This practice takes place in 34 states, many which have already seen the negative effects that hydraulic fracturing can have on water supplies when unregulated. Scientists have identified volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene, which even in low levels can cause drowsiness, dizziness, rapid heart rate, headaches, tremors, confusion, and unconsciousness, and in high concentrations can cause leukemia and death. The American Petroleum Institute stated in 1948 that "it is generally considered that the only absolutely safe concentration for benzene is zero." The water is also often laden with barium, which is found in underground ore deposits and can cause high blood pressure, breathing difficulties, muscle weakness, swelling of the brain, and kidney damage; radium, a naturally occurring radioactive (and carcinogenic) substance; and strontium, which can disrupt bone development and may cause cancer.

State regulations for oil and gas production vary widely and federal oversight is needed to make sure that communities and public health are protected. Please support the FRAC Act to help make sure that oil and gas production is carried out in a responsible manner.

More info here:


You Asked Congress for Help on Fracking, and They Heard You!

[link to www.anh-usa.org]

Maybe try greenpeace

I would think most of the idiots in CONgress are the major shareholders in Halliburton, the energy monopolies, and the whole military industrial complex in general.

Fascism is the melding of big business and big government. As long as millionaire lawyers and industrial globalists are "voted" into CONgress, you can forget about closing any corporate loop-holes.

Last Edited by Shingen on 05/24/2011 12:28 PM