Toxic Chemicals Used in Fracking Shale DepositsCatherine J. Frompovich Nothing is more illogical, perhaps, than frackingthe newest craze in energy production that finds fossil fuel providers fracking everywhere, including backyards. To learn more about fracking, maybe readers will want to watch a 36 minute video Fracking, An Inconvenient Truth. However, whats most important to know about fracking is whats used to frack shale deposits to extract gas deposits. The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce issued a report on April 18, 2011 titled, Chemicals Used in Hydraulic Fracking [1] wherein 750 chemicals were listed. Fourteen commonly are used, and probably are carcinogenic. They included: According to that CEC report, Ironically, that same CEC report went on to state: Now, heres the CECs candor about fracking and yet no one is doing anything to stop the insanity of whats going on regarding frack the public: Congress IS to blame, as you can read from this in that report. Lobbyists money talks, Id say! Apparently, irresponsible Congress gave the fossil fuel suppliers and drillers a similar get out of jail free card in 2005 similar to what Congress gave vaccine manufacturers about their toxic vaccines in 1986. This type of congressional action seems to have lobbyists fingerprints all over modifications to the laws to excluded underground injection fluids or propping agents. No wonder those fracking drills are popping up all over, just like three hundred or more vaccines are in the new development pipelines, especially when industries have congressionally-approved get out of jail free cards handed to them. When will the gullible U.S. public, plus the monopolized media, get their heads out of the sand? But dear readers, heres the real slap-in-the-face to consumers health by every health agency and oversight department at federal, state and local levels: What most U.S. citizens probably do not know is that under the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the chemical industry in the U.S. can stamp trade secret on a new chemical and about two-thirds of the chemicals introduced since then have had that label that allows their contents to remain unknown and secret. Furthermore, according to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), Industry has placed confidential business information (CBI) claims on the identity of 13,596 new chemicals produced since 1976 [2] Furthermore, Probably the most insidious and unknown releases from fracking are radioactive emitters such as Radon-222 [3] and Polonium-210[4], which are released from the shale as drilling heads penetrate the strata for thousands of feet disturbing heretofore solid walls of shale. The other probability that accompanies fracking is inducing man-made earthquakes. The U.S. Geological Survey website Man-Made Earthquakes Update can acquaint readers with that possibility. Black dots denote earthquakes with a magnitude 3.0 are shown; larger dots denote events with a magnitude 4.0. Background colors indicate earthquake hazard levels from the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Map (NSHM). Learn more about the NSHM here. And the last, if not most important issue, regarding fracking is this: Since fracking is so prevalent anyone who has a well as their domestic water supply should have it tested by a reputable water testing laboratory for all the regular tests, i.e, bacteria and pesticides, plus radioactive elements and, now, a panel of fracking chemicals. That ought to be done at least once a year, but every 6 months would be safer, in my opinionsimilar to going to the dentist to make certain you dont have any health problems that start with the teethso you can assess how well your well really is. Here are some Internet sites that can help readers understand the necessity of proper well water testing. Please know that this writer has no interest in any of them and is not paid to recommend any. I do this because of my concern for the quality of both your water and overall health. Baseline Testing / The most important thing to do before fracking begins State of Maines Water Tests Available / A listing of numerous water tests and prices for them as an idea of whats out there to use as a guide New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Environmental Fact Sheet / Water Quality Testing for Private Wells This site discusses water testing for fluoride and Nitrates-Nitrites. Northeast Laboratory Services / Water Testing Kits Heres to clean water! Notes: Catherine J Frompovich (website) is a retired natural nutritionist who earned advanced degrees in Nutrition and Holistic Health Sciences, Certification in Orthomolecular Theory and Practice plus Paralegal Studies.Her work has been published in national and airline magazines since the early 1980s. Catherine authored numerous books on health issues along with co-authoring papers and monographs with physicians, nurses, and holistic healthcare professionals. She has been a consumer healthcare researcher 35 years and counting. Catherines latest book,published October 4, 2013, is Vaccination Voodoo, What YOU Dont Know About Vaccines, available on Amazon.com. Her 2012 book A Cancer Answer, Holistic BREAST Cancer Management, A Guide to Effective Non-Toxic Treatments, is available on Amazon.com and as a Kindle eBook. Two of Catherines more recent books on Amazon.com are Our Chemical Lives And The Hijacking Of Our DNA, A Probe Into Whats Probably Making Us Sick (2009) and Lord, How Can I Make It Through Grieving My Loss, An Inspirational Guide Through the Grieving Process(2008). 