it's con tam innocent such as benzene. >> which you were expoedsed to at the base? >> i am angry because you can't let that destroy you. that won't bring my babies back and it won't cure me. >> she lifed as a young military officers wife. she knows it was not just she who was suffering. >> we were at a party at one of my friend's house, there were five of us in different stages of pregnancy. every one of us lost our baby to a birth defect. >> the marine corp. was willing to talk to us on camera. the secretary of the navy or the head of veterans affairs. we did get an e-mail from a marine corp. representative who assured us that the marines, general james amos, quote, considering the issue to be very important. we continue our commitment to find and notify those who used the water during the time period in question. >> i'm appalled. i'm going to help in any way that i can. >> recently here in washington, jerry enlisted a little star power, erin brockovich who has two children of her own in uniform. >> it's scary to see the tens of thousands of people are going to be

per well and those chemicals contaminate water in very very small amounts but we're talking about benzene i think it's five parts per billion of benzene in a groundwater in an aquifer it becomes extremely extremely unhealthy and two billion wyoming over the e.p.a. just showed that fracking was the likely cause of germination of brown where act for there they had fifty times the safe level of benzene in the ground or. chemicals from this process are migrating into aquifers we know that as well as the gas they have an enormous problem as you saw the clip of the water being lit on fire of gas migration coming from cement casing failure and other problems in the process but the industry knows full well they have an enormous problem on their hands of their cement casing which is the part of the well which is supposed to protect groundwater failing at enormous rates industry's own documents show that six percent of those cement barriers which are one inch and have to explain one inch in diameter and have to extend three miles along the entire wellbore six percent of the spill upon installation

atmospheric benzene levels near quote some drilling sights. they're not mentioned in this testimony. i'm not sure what he's talk about with respect to chronic exposure and so forth. that's a toxicologist purview. the report that there's been several reported contamination of drinking waters by frac fluids in pennsylvania is not true. not even the duke study crew a connection between any frac fluids being in the water in pennsylvania and methane migration let me remind everybody, methane migration has been a creature in pennsylvania for generations. it's probably been a creature in other states as well. any drilling if it's not done right can cause contamination or can cause methane migration. that's why in pennsylvania we have our well casing and cementing regulations that we put into place because we knew with our geology was like and we knew what was necessary on the floor. and i would agree with what the professor says that this area is complex. it is evolving. it is difficult. that's reason the states should be on top of regulating. the st

atmospheric benzene levels. i'm not sure what is talking about with return come with respect to chronic exposure and so forth the that's toxicologist an epidemiologist purview. the report that there've been several reported contamination of drinking water wells and surface aquifers in pennsylvania is just not true. that is simply not true. not even duke who had issues with the study. not even the duke study through a connection from any frac fluid being in the water of pennsylvania. methane migration, let me remind a buddy, methane migration has been a creature in pennsylvania for generations. it's probably been a creature in other states as well. any drilling if it's not done right can cause contamination or can cause methane migration. that's why in pennsylvania we have our well casing regulation would put into place because we knew what it was like and we knew what was necessary on the floor. and i would agree with what professor howarth said, that this area is complex, it is evolving, it is difficult but tha

study of chemicals used in fracturing and found at least 29 toxins, including carcinogens such as benzene, napt lean to contain these one known carcinogen. be glad to submit the study for the record. >> would not have a problem with the carcinogens being there in that. the issue is it getting into the drinking water. before i begin, i would like to recognize my colleague from utah, mr. bishop to do an introduction of one of his constituents who will sit on our panel today. we'll introduce the panel, but actually get into your testimony as soon as we come back from votes. >> i thank you, mr. chairman. apparently you have had one speech for, one against. do i get to do the tie breaking here? >> let's do the introduction. >> i would want to introduce mr. mckee, who is going to be testifying to you probably in about a half hour or so from now. he is the county chairman in my state of utah. he has been the chairman there since 2002. hopefully he is the chairman of the commission at this time. okay. close enough. the importance of the county is very simple, that 50% of 50% of the jobs in that c

concern and criticism is, that you release benzene and endanger our water supply? >> give me an example of that happening. the largest aqua fer in north america extend from midland, texas to the south dake border. across eight states. there are over 800,000 wells fractured in that area. kansas, oklahoma, and texas, all of them. they manage the aquafer no problem. i don't know of any case. i fraced over 3000 list myself. and i never damaged the water. aqua fers occur above 1,000. fresh water is above 1,000 feet down in the earth and you are down 5,000 to 10,000 or 15,000 feet fractured. >> you are saying one thing doesn't get into the other. we'll bring you the last question. >> brian: recent drop in oil prices with the economic slow down. take a look at in april 3.88 gas. and now 3.48 and projections by the end of the year under 3. when the price of gas falls, so does the sense of crisis? >> sure, no question . great for the economy. but historically for 40 years when gasoline prices went up american people got upset and politicians started to talk about doing some

. >> bob: we're back on "face the nationism" page two with bob woodward and carl benzene or woodsteenthey came to be called. let me ask you, when did the two of you real lies this was a big story? >> earlier than you might think. we had found out that there was a secret fund that paid for watergate to use other illegal activities, about eight weeks after the break in. john mitchell, nixon's campaign manager was among those controlling it. we would have coffee every morning off the newsroom floor, a dime which it cost those days, i felt this chill go down my back. i said, this president is going to be impeached. he looked at me and said, oh, my, god, you're right. we can never use that word in this newsroom because people will think we have an 'general d. and we have no agenda except to report this story. >> bob: when you got down there, you went over there first, weren't you the first reporter to go over there, bob? >> over to the watergate? or to the court hearing where the burglars were there and whispering, they couldn't tell the judge where they worked and the judge finally said,

risk of acute and chronic health problems than those who lived farther away including exposure to benzene a known carcinogen, at a level five times higher than the federal standard. given this risk and the need for more information, we should err on the side of caution, particularly when it comes to children. we need additional studies but given what we know, frankly, it's time to afpblgt we already set some basic standards where we know pollutants may put children at risk. as an example, in my district at colorado, commercial diesel vehicles are prohibited from idling for more than five minutes within 500 feet from the school. fracking operation mace be 100 pete from -- feet from a home and 150 feet from a public area. we found 26 schools that have drilling wells operational emitting toxic gases within 1,000 feet of schools. in erie, colorado, i met with homeowners and parents increasingly concerned about the impacts of fracking on their hell and their children's health. we should be listening to their voices and not just the demands of energy countries. we need to find a reasonable comp

the criticism is that you also release toxic materials like benzene and that you endanger our water supply. >> give me some example of that happening. the largest aquifer in north america extends from midland, texas, to the south dakota border across 8 states. there have been over 800,000 wells fractured in that area. kansas, oklahoma, texas, all of them. they manage the aquifer no problem. there is no -- i don't know of any case. i have fracked over 3,000 welled myself and we never damaged any aquifer or any water. aquifers occur almost always above 1,000 feet. freshwater is above 1,000 feet down in the earth. and you are down 5,000, 10,000, 15,000 feet fracturing here. >> chris: so you are saying one thing isn't going to get into the other. let me bring up the last obje t objection. >> i want to talk about infrastructure, too. >> chris: the recent drop in oil prices with the economic slowdown. take a look at this. in april, gas was $3.88 a gallon. now, it is $3.48 and there are projections by the end of the year we could be under $3. i don't have to tell you when the price of gas falls s

benzene, causes cancer and damages immune and reproductive systems. how about this one, formaldehyde. sounds scary. it's scary. it's a car sin car sin owe gene. -- car car sin owe general. causes cancer. no question about it. acid gases. sounds scary? it's scary. damages the heart, the lungs, the nervous system. imagine breathing in acid gases and what that does to your pulmonary system. toxic soot pollution, causes respiratory illness including asthma attacks, chronic bronchitis, heart ata, and premature death. and tomorrow i'll go into these in greater detail. why would anyone in their right mind -- it's just a rhetorical question, mr. president -- stand in the way of cleaning up these poisons? they say it costs too much? no, it doesn't. because the companies that already did it say it's working out, and for every dollar that we invest we save three to nine. so it doesn't cost too much. is it just about doing business as usual? well, that's fine if all you're doing is something that's benign. this is not benign. and my colleague, senator inhofe, att

for example, arsenic, benzene, asbestos, cadmium, mercury, and uranium. some of these dangerous toxics are deemed unsafe at any level, and yet under toomey, you would no longer receive that information. senator toomey says go to the web site. 1,000 water districts have no web site. and right now under the current right-to-know law, the governor can say he waives this requirement for the small rural districts. please vote "no." our people have a right to know what their kids are drinking. the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. the question is on the toomey amendment. all in favor say ... the yeas and nays have been requested. is there a second? there seems to be a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll on the toomey amendment. vote: vote:

arsenic, selinium, cadmium, chromium, benzene, formaldehyde, acid gases, toxic soot pollution.all you need to do is just listen to what i said, and you know you don't want to breathe this in. and you don't want to have fish that contains too much mercury because it damages the nervous system of children and harms the brains of infants, and we know how dangerous it is for pregnant women and children to eat this type of fish. last night we had senator whitehouse here from rhode island, and he was eloquent on the point. he had a picture, it was actually a norman rockwell painting, it wasn't a real painting, it was a wonderful poster, and he said here's a perfectly -- perfect american scene of a grandpa taking a grandson fishing. he says today in his state they can't really eat the fish. maybe they can once a month eat won fish -- one fish and in some of their lakes they can't even eat any. this is wrong. this is pollution blowing from other places into the northeast. let's defeat this resolution. it's bad for the people of this country. i yield the floor and retain the balance of