Fracking Dangers
Now this scares me and as usual the Republicans are allover it..want it...and apparently don't care about the individual
The
law, an amendment to Title 52 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, requires that companies provide to a
state-maintained registry the names of chemicals and gases used in
fracking. Physicians and others who work with citizen health issues may
request specific information, but the company doesn’t have to provide
that information if it claims it is a trade
secret or proprietary information, nor does it have to reveal how the
chemicals and gases used in fracking interact with natural compounds. If
a company does release information about what is used, health care
professionals are bound by a non-disclosure agreement that not only
forbids them from warning the community of water and air pollution that
may be caused by fracking, but which also forbids them from telling
their own patients what the physician believes may have led to their
health problems. A strict interpretation of the law would also forbid
general practitioners and family practice physicians who sign the
non-disclosure agreement and learn the contents of the “trade secrets”
from notifying a specialist about the chemicals or compounds, thus
delaying medical treatment.
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