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Despite varying levels of toxicity amongst different variants of oil, all petroleum -derived products have adverse impacts on human health and the ecosystem. Examples of adverse effects are oil emulsions in digestive systems in certain mammals might result in decreased ability to digest nutrients that might lead to death of certain mammals.
An oil spill represents an immediate negative effects on human health, including respiratory and reproductive problems as well as liver, and immune system damage. Oil spills causing future oil supply to decline also effects the everyday life of humans such as the potential closure of beaches, parks, fisheries and fire hazards.
In June 2010, at the request of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. National Academies Institute of Medicine held a workshop to discuss known health effects of previous oil spills and how they might apply to the Gulf spill and to coordinate epidemiological monitoring and ongoing medical research. [12]
When thinking about the dangers of oil and gas drilling, the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill quickly comes to mind. Clean Harbors helped clean that mess up. Newalta, out of Canada, and Waste ...
This Alaskan oil pipeline was built to withstand a substantial earthquake. Photo credit: Flickr/Malcolm Manners It's no wonder many Americans are against TransCanada's Keystone XL Pipeline. In the ...
Last night a pipeline erupted into flames after the pipe was hit by a tug boat pushing an oil barge. The pipeline fire, located in Bayou Perot 30 just south of New Orleans, probably brought ...
Ingestion of oil can result in lung, liver and kidney damage, often leading to death. [4] The oil can also affect the eggs laid by affected females, often resulting in embryonic death or low birth weight. [2] 5-20 microliters of oil can kill embryos if the egg comes into contact. [1]
WGN -- Some call them bomb trains. They are trains loaded with crude oil and some head straight through Chicago-area towns. Since February, four of these trains have derailed in the U.S. and ...