There is considerable debate about the sustainability of the hydraulic fracturing (HF) water
cycle in North America. Recently, this debate has expanded to China, where HF activities …

Currently, water pollution represents a serious environmental threat, causing an impact not
only to fauna and flora but also to human health. Among these pollutants, inorganic and …

Advances in water treatment technologies paired with potential restrictions on oil and gas
(O&G) produced water disposal could incentivize the beneficial reuse of treated produced …

Pregnancy is a complex process requiring tremendous physiological changes in the mother
in order to fulfill the needs of the growing fetus, and to give birth, expel the placenta and …

Domestic wells serve as the primary drinking-water source for rural residents in the northern
Appalachian Basin (NAB), despite a limited understanding of contaminant distributions in …

This chapter provides an introduction to the importance of hormones to the healthy
functioning of the human body and an overview of the varied types and sources of …

In view of the limitation of the conventional coal seam fracturing method, an ultrasonic
stimulation method was proposed. Utilizing the combined effects of ultrasonic cavitation …

With a growing global population comes an increase in pharmaceutical usage and a
concentration of pharmaceutical consumption in urban areas, which release diverse …

Hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water (HF-FPW), which contains polyaromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) and numerous other potential contaminants, is a complex wastewater …

Biomonitoring studies have shown that pregnant women living in regions of unconventional
natural gas (UNG) exploitation have higher levels of trace elements. Whether developmental …