S E Anderson, M Barger, T P Batchelor, L N Bowers, J Coyle, A Cumpston, J L Cumpston, J B Cumpston, R D Dey, A K Dozier, J S Fedan, S Friend, A F Hubbs, M Jackson, A Jefferson, P Joseph, H Kan, M L Kashon, A K Knepp, V Kodali, K Krajnak, S S Leonard, G Lin, C Long, E Lukomska, A Marrocco, N Marshall, W Mc Kinney, A M Morris, N S Olgun, J H Park, J S Reynolds, J R Roberts, K A Russ, T M Sager, H Shane, J E Snawder, K Sriram, J A Thompson, C M Umbright, S Waugh, W Zheng
An investigation into the potential toxicological effects of fracking sand dust (FSD), collected from unconventional gas drilling sites, has been undertaken, along with characterization of their chemical and biophysical properties. Using intratracheal instillation of nine FSDs in rats and a whole body 4-d inhalation model for one of the FSDs, i.e., FSD 8, and related in vivo and in vitro experiments, the effects of nine FSDs on the respiratory, cardiovascular and immune systems, brain and blood were reported in the preceding eight tandem papers...
November 6, 2020: Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology