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2. Petroleum Remediation Product - Wikipedia

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   PRP was created in the 1990s by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and has been used to assist in remediating oil spills such as the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] PRP is a powder composed of microscopic hollow spheres of wax up to 150 microns in size.

3. Spill containment - Wikipedia

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   Spill containment is where spills of chemicals, oils, sewage etc. are contained within a barrier or drainage system rather than being absorbed at the surface. One method is to use an inflatable stopper or pneumatic bladder which is inserted into the outflow of a drainage system to create a containment vessel.

4. Oil spill - Wikipedia

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   An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution.The term is usually given to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters, but spills may also occur on land.

5. Boom (containment) - Wikipedia

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   Booms used in oil spills can be seen as they rest on the surface of the water, but can have between 45 and 120 cm (18 to 48 inches) of material that hangs beneath the surface. [3] They are effective in calm water, but as wave height increases oil or other contaminants can easily wash over the top of the boom and render them useless.

6. New HIV prevention drug could reach poorest countries ... - AOL

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   A new long-acting preventive HIV drug could reach the world’s poorest countries by the end of 2025 or early 2026, a global health official told Reuters on Tuesday. The ambition is to start ...

7. Oil dispersant - Wikipedia

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   Oil dispersant mechanism of action. An oil dispersant is a mixture of emulsifiers and solvents that helps break oil into small droplets following an oil spill.Small droplets are easier to disperse throughout a water volume, and small droplets may be more readily biodegraded by microbes in the water.