Sentences with phrase «numerous oil spills»

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Examples of such supposed brushes with oblivion are almost too numerous, from little goof - ups like Tropicana's package redesign, Gap's short - lived new logo and Lululemon's transparent stretchy pants to big stuff like BP's oil spill, Chipotle's food poisoning and Samsung's self - immolating phones.

Toxics Targeting also found in the state environmental agency's documents that numerous un-remediated spills could threaten groundwater on Long Island, including reports that in Sag Harbor oil was seeping up through asphalt near a boat yard that was once an oil tank farm.

Numerous factors complicated cleanup, including the size of the spill, the remote location and a lack of readily available equipment and effective chemical dispersants to dissolve the thick oil.

She said there are numerous examples of groundbreaking studies that are not replicable, such as human health studies after the dropping of atomic bombs in Hiroshima or the ecological effects of the BP PLC Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Although numerous efforts are put into cleaning up large oil spills, only 15 to 25 % of the oil can be effectively removed by mechanical methods.

The challenges for cleaning up an oil spill in the Arctic are numerous.

In the last decade, the Foundation has funded numerous studies looking at a range of health issues including the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, outbreaks of new viral diseases, and improving diagnostic testing.

The numerous technical and operational breakdowns that contributed to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and spill from the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico suggest the lack of a suitable approach for managing the inherent risks, uncertainties, and dangers associated with deepwater drilling operations and a failure to learn from previous «near misses.»

Contacts in Louisiana have given me numerous, unconfirmed reports of cameras and cell phones being confiscated, scientists with monitoring equipment being turned away, and local reporters blocked from access to public lands impacted by the oil spill.

On the criminal side, we have defended its clients in a broad range of criminal investigations, grand jury proceedings, and prosecutions involving oil and other spills and the storage, transportation, disposal, and discharge of numerous hazardous chemicals and wastes.

She also handled numerous BP Oil Spill Class Action claims and litigation.