Unfortunately this link only provides highlights of the article but these provide the basic information that
This is the first report of potential cytotoxicity and transforming activity of Marcellus shale gas mining flow back to mammalian cells.
• Barium and Strontium were elevated in flow back water exposed cells.
• Flow back water malignantly transformed cells and formed tumor in athymic nude mice.
• Flow back transformed cells exhibited altered transcriptome with dysregulated cell migration pathway and adherent junction pathway.
The full article can be purchased but the terms an conditions only allow personal use, however the fact that this study has been undertaken and published is enough to warrant some serious questions.
The highlights can be accessed here…….
