For almost 20 years, U.S. public-health advocates have worried that toxic chemicals are getting into ground water and harming human health because of an exemption to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act that allows operators of oil and gas fracking operations to use chemicals that would be regulated if used for any other purpose. The [read more…]
Source: ‘Halliburton Loophole’ Allows Fracking Companies to Avoid Chemical Regulation – Inside Climate News
