269
Gypsum, 222
H
Habitat fragmentation, 146
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company, 18
Haynesville Shale, 145
Hazardous wastes, 31
Health Effects Institute (HEI), 94, 136,
142, 143
Heel, 25
High- and low-pressure systems, 28
Higher-priced fossil electricity, 219
High-intensity storm water runoff, 149
High-pressure gas transmission pipeline, 33
High-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF),
8, 27, 76
Horizontal boreholes, 25
Horizontal drilling, 25, 76
Horseless carriages, 53
Hothouse effect, 164
Housing stock, 67
Human behavior, 243
Human carcinogens, 81
Human civilization, 203, 225, 249
Human health
air quality study, 137, 138
air transmission, 137
benzene levels, Health Services
employees, 139
categories, 142
chemical additives, 138
chemical exposures, 138, 139
dish, 139, 141
drill pads, 135
drill site location, 136
drinking water supply, 139
EPA monitoring wells, 140
exposed populations, 137, 142, 143
exposure, 137
exposure monitoring methods, 143
exposure pathways, 136
frack chemicals, 135, 138
gasoline, 139
HEI, 136, 142
IOM, 141
legal, 136
level of uncertainty, 144
measurements, 138
numerical modeling studies, 141
organic compounds, 140
Pavillion, 141
policy, 140
potential health risks, 135, 136, 143
RFF, 143
risk sources, 142
single-stage hydraulic fracturing
treatments, 137
source of the risk, 136
sub-groups, 143
substances, 135
Texas Department of State Health
Services, 139
toxicology, 138
transport pathways, 142
USEPA, 138
VOC exposures, 139
waste streams, 136
water quality monitoring wells, 140
Wyoming, 140
Wyoming DEQ, 140
Human health problems, 209
Human migrations, 244
Human modifications, 155
Humanitarian, 167
Humanitarian denial, 167
Humanity, 156, 161, 173, 217, 242
Humble Oil and Atlantic Richfield
(ARCO), 51
Hydraulic conductivity, 21
Hydraulic fractures, 241
compressive stress, 26
Marcellus Shale, 9, 10
massive, 27
maximum stress direction, 26
microseismic monitoring, 9
operator, 8
pancaking, 27
pumped fluid volume, 9
wings, 26
Hydraulic fracturing
aircraft’s risk, 3
civic meetings, 1
commercial, 18
dark warnings, 2
de-facto requirement, 1
design purpose, 17
environmental problems, 4
environmental risks, 5–8
expensive and logistical process, 24
flowback and production, 30–33
fossil fuels, environmental concerns, 2
frack pumping, 29, 30
fracture initiation, 28
“Gasland” (movie), 1
hydrocarbons, 3, 20
Index
Gypsum, 222
H
Habitat fragmentation, 146
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company, 18
Haynesville Shale, 145
Hazardous wastes, 31
Health Effects Institute (HEI), 94, 136,
142, 143
Heel, 25
High- and low-pressure systems, 28
Higher-priced fossil electricity, 219
High-intensity storm water runoff, 149
High-pressure gas transmission pipeline, 33
High-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF),
8, 27, 76
Horizontal boreholes, 25
Horizontal drilling, 25, 76
Horseless carriages, 53
Hothouse effect, 164
Housing stock, 67
Human behavior, 243
Human carcinogens, 81
Human civilization, 203, 225, 249
Human health
air quality study, 137, 138
air transmission, 137
benzene levels, Health Services
employees, 139
categories, 142
chemical additives, 138
chemical exposures, 138, 139
dish, 139, 141
drill pads, 135
drill site location, 136
drinking water supply, 139
EPA monitoring wells, 140
exposed populations, 137, 142, 143
exposure, 137
exposure monitoring methods, 143
exposure pathways, 136
frack chemicals, 135, 138
gasoline, 139
HEI, 136, 142
IOM, 141
legal, 136
level of uncertainty, 144
measurements, 138
numerical modeling studies, 141
organic compounds, 140
Pavillion, 141
policy, 140
potential health risks, 135, 136, 143
RFF, 143
risk sources, 142
single-stage hydraulic fracturing
treatments, 137
source of the risk, 136
sub-groups, 143
substances, 135
Texas Department of State Health
Services, 139
toxicology, 138
transport pathways, 142
USEPA, 138
VOC exposures, 139
waste streams, 136
water quality monitoring wells, 140
Wyoming, 140
Wyoming DEQ, 140
Human health problems, 209
Human migrations, 244
Human modifications, 155
Humanitarian, 167
Humanitarian denial, 167
Humanity, 156, 161, 173, 217, 242
Humble Oil and Atlantic Richfield
(ARCO), 51
Hydraulic conductivity, 21
Hydraulic fractures, 241
compressive stress, 26
Marcellus Shale, 9, 10
massive, 27
maximum stress direction, 26
microseismic monitoring, 9
operator, 8
pancaking, 27
pumped fluid volume, 9
wings, 26
Hydraulic fracturing
aircraft’s risk, 3
civic meetings, 1
commercial, 18
dark warnings, 2
de-facto requirement, 1
design purpose, 17
environmental problems, 4
environmental risks, 5–8
expensive and logistical process, 24
flowback and production, 30–33
fossil fuels, environmental concerns, 2
frack pumping, 29, 30
fracture initiation, 28
“Gasland” (movie), 1
hydrocarbons, 3, 20
Index