The rapid increase in unconventional natural gas (UNG) development in the United States
during the past decade has brought wells and related infrastructure closer to population …

Incubation of histidine requiring auxotrophs of the bacterium Salmonella typhimurium with
malonaldehyde, a three-carbon dialdehyde, produced an increased number of revertants in …

Benzene is metabolized, primarily in the liver, to a series of phenolic and ring-opened products
and their conjugates. The mechanism of benzene-induced aplastic anemia appears to …

Burning mosquito coils indoors generates smoke that can control mosquitoes effectively.
This practice is currently used in numerous households in Asia, Africa, and South America. …

The 2010 Gulf Oil spill was an occupational, environmental, and community health disaster.
This review summarizes the contaminants of concern, toxicologic consequences for humans …

A broad assessment is provided of the current state of knowledge regarding the risks associated
with shale gas development and their governance. For the principal domains of risk, we …

The precautionary principle asserts that the burden of proof for potentially harmful actions by
industry or government rests on the assurance of safety and that when there are threats of …

Introduction: Concerns for health and social impacts have arisen as a result of Marcellus
Shale unconventional natural gas development. Our goal was to document the self-reported …

Unconventional gas drilling (UGD) has enabled extraordinarily rapid growth in the extraction
of natural gas. Despite frequently expressed public concern, human health studies have not …

The pace of development of shale gas plays varies greatly among US states and globally.
Through analysis of telephone survey responses, we explore support for natural gas drilling in …