Hydraulic fracturing should not be exempted from the Safe Drinking Water Act. Hydraulic fracturing is a process of sending pressurized water, sand, and chemicals underground to release oil and natural gas. In 2005, Congress made the decision that companies that use hydraulic fracturing do not have to disclose the chemicals that are injected into the ground. There is currently a bill called the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act relating to this that has been introduced several times but has yet to be passed. Disclosure of chemicals would allow safe regulation of hydraulic fracturing and enhance research into the possibility of it's long term effect on waste water and chemicals left underground.
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