The human and environmental impact of fracking: how fracturing shale for gas affects us and our world

Foreword / Seth B.C. Shonkoff

Introduction / Madelon L. Finkel

Potential and known health impacts associated with unconventional natural gas extraction / Jerome A. Paulson and Veronica Tinney

The public health risk of endocrine disrupting chemicals / Adam Law

Impacts of shale gas extraction on animal health and implications for food safety / Michelle Bamberger and Robert E. Oswald

The importance of health impact assessments / Liz Green

Natural gas development and its effect on air quality / Nathan P. DeJong, Roxana Z. Witter, and John L. Adgate

Implications of unconventional gas extraction on climate change: A global perspective / Philip L. Staddon and Michael H. Depledge

Community impacts of shale-based energy development: A summary and research agenda / Kathryn J. Brasier and Matthew Filteau

Risks beyond the well pad: The economic footprint of shale gas development in the United States / Susan Christopherson

The regulation of shale gas development / Kate Sinding, Daniel Raichel, and Jonathon Krois

The ethics of shale gas development: Values, evidence, and policy / Jake Hays and Inmaculada de Melo-Martin

An industry perspective on the benefits and potential community health risks related to unconventional resource development / Dennis J. Devlin

The geology and sustainability of shale / J. David Hughes

Epilogue / Anthony R. Ingraffea.