Natural Gas Industry hamstrings Doctors in Pennsylvania

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39. In post 20 you are saying that we should trust the state to take care of regulating fracking.

The reason the EPA is investigating Dimock is because the DEP (STATE agency) did not properly do its job. So, now you're okay with the EPA having to intervene here because the state, in fact, did not protect the citizens of Dimock. That's quite a contradiction.

Yes, we do agree that we need more rigorous standards and enforcement of said standards. Tom Corbett and his Oil and Gas Company buddies have rigged the game in Pennsylvania, and the regulations will not occur. It WILL NOT be rectified in Pennsylvania until we get this ass clown out of office.

You would possibly feel differently about fracking if these chemicals (among others) were going to go directly under your house:

2,2-Dibromo-3-Nitrilopropionamide
2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one
Acetic Acid
Acetic Anhydride
Acetylene
Alcohol Ethoxylated
Alkyl benzene sulfonic acid
Ammonia (aqueous)
Ammonium Bifluoride
Ammonium Persulfate
Ammonium Bisulfite
Ammonium chloride
Ammonium Salt (alkylpolyether sulfate)
Amorphous silica
Benzoic Acid
Boric Acid
Boric Oxide
Calcium Chloride
Calcium Oxide
Choline Chloride
Cinnamaldehyde
Citric Acid
Complex polyamine salt
Crystalline Silica:
Crystalline Silica: Quartz
Cupric chloride dihydrate
Cured resin
Cyclohexanes
Dazomet
Diethylene
Enzyme GBL-8X
EO-C7-9-iso-, C8 rich-alcohols
EO-C9-11-iso-, C10-rich alcohols
Ethoxylated Alcohol
Ethyl Acetate
Ethyl Alcohol
Ethylbenzene
Ethylbenzene
Ethylene Glycol
Formic Acid
Gluconic Acid
Glutaraldehyde
Glycerol
Glycol Ethers
Guar Gum
Hydrochloric Acid
Hydrochloric Acid 3% – 35%
Isopropanol
Isopropyl Alcohol
Methanol
Methyl Alcohol
Methyl Salicylate
Nitrilotriacetamide
Phenolic Resin
Polyethylene Glycol
Polyethylene Glycol Mixture
Polyoxylalkylene sulfate
Polysaccharide Blend
Potassium Carbonate
Potassium Chloride
Potassium Hydroxide
Propargyl Alcohol
Propylene Glycol
Silica
Sodium Bicarbonate
Sodium Bromide
Sodium Hydroxide
Sodium Persulphate
Sodium Xylene Sulfonate
Sulfuric Acid
Surfactants
Talc Adomite Aqua
Tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)phosphonium sulfate
Tetramethyl ammonium Chloride
Trimethyloctadecylammonium chloride

Quite a number of these are known carcinogens, or regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, or listed as hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act. Oh, and yes, maybe a doctor would need to know the makeup of fracking fluid to treat a patient. Why would any doctor have to keep information about toxic and poisonous substances that are a danger to the general public confidential? That reason could only be to protect the Gas Industry.

You're interested in investments. Well, for most of us the major investment of our lives has been in our homes and property. Once these fracking poisons come anywhere near your property, the property value immediately goes down...and we don't even get a freaking choice about it.

You are getting to choose your investments and have the freedom to do so. People who invest in pipelines need to know that the Marcellus Shale industry is infringing on the basic rights of American citizens and taking away our freedoms, forcing misery on millions of people, decimating wildlife, and polluting our environment.

All that just to ship oil and gas to China.