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ReviewArchives of toxicology2020

Critical evaluation of human health risks due to hydraulic fracturing in natural gas and petroleum production.

Klaus-Michael Wollin, G Damm, H Foth, A Freyberger, T Gebel, A Mangerich, U Gundert-Remy, F Partosch, C Röhl, T Schupp and 1 more

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Review in Archives of toxicology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Klaus-Michael WollinFormerly Public Health Agency of Lower Saxony, Hannover, Germany. klaus-michael.wollin@t-online.de.
G DammDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Visceral Transplantation, University Hospital, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
H FothInstitute of Environmental Toxicology, University of Halle, Halle/Saale, Germany.
A FreybergerResearch and Development, Translational Sciences-Toxicology, Bayer AG, Wuppertal, Germany.
T GebelFederal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Dortmund, Germany.
A MangerichMolecular Toxicology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Constance, Germany.
U Gundert-RemyInstitute for Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
F PartoschInstitute for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany.
C RöhlDepartment of Environmental Health Protection, Schleswig-Holstein State Agency for Social Services, Kiel, Germany.
T SchuppChemical Engineering, University of Applied Science Muenster, Steinfurt, Germany.
Jan G HengstlerLeibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo), University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany. hengstler@ifado.de.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of hydraulic fracturing (HF) to extract oil and natural gas has increased, along with intensive discussions on the associated risks to human health. Three technical processes should be differentiated when evaluating human health risks, namely (1) drilling of the borehole, (2) hydraulic stimulation, and (3) gas or oil production. During the drilling phase, emissions such as NO

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Hydraulic FrackingBenzeneBenzene DerivativesEnvironmental ExposureGroundwaterHumansHydrocarbonsNatural GasOil and Gas FieldsOil and Gas IndustryPetroleumTolueneVolatile Organic CompoundsWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater WellsBenzeneBenzene DerivativesethylbenzeneHydrocarbonsNatural GasPetroleumTolueneVolatile Organic CompoundsWater Pollutants, ChemicalEnvironmental pollutionEpidemiological studiesHuman health risk assessmentHydraulic fracturingUnconventional natural gas and oil production

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PMID32385535
PMCPMC7225182

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