Impacts of shale gas wastewater leaks on neighboring crops: physiological and morphological responses of tomatoes

This study was aimed at investigating the impacts of produced water leakage from hydraulic fracturing of shale gas on neighboring crops, using tomatoes as a case study. It examines the effects of untreated and treated produced water, along with the condensate produced from the mechanical vapor recompression system, on seed germination, plant vigor, elemental accumulation levels, and gene expression in the fruits of tomatoes