Sentences with phrase «of oil contamination»

In addition, measurements now cover all three forms of oil contamination — aerosols, vapor and liquid — providing a true picture of air quality.
Then there is the concern of oil contamination in ambient air.
This means that all three forms of oil contamination — aerosol, vapor and liquid — have to be measured.

Not exact matches

The North Dakota project, opposed by a Native American tribe fearful of water contamination from potential oil leaks, had stalled in Democrat Barack Obama's administration.
Contamination from upstream tar sands / oil sands development is causing higher levels of cancer and other serious disease for members of the Athabasca Chipewyan and...
With oil - injected compressors there will always be a risk of contamination and the possibility of consequences for the business.
Each batch of our organic canola oil is genetically tested to ensure no GMO contamination is present.
He added that they suspect some industry insiders at the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) deliberately caused the contamination of the 5 million litres of fuel.
While the DEC had found surface oil contamination, Quigley said last year that there was no indication of serious in - ground contamination.
They could also be used as environmental sensors, monitoring an oil spill or chemical contamination site, for instance, and then dissolving once the disaster is cleaned up, saving recovery teams the ordeal of collection.
Levels of contamination were just as high in wastewater coming from conventional oil and gas wells as from hydraulically fractured shale gas wells.
Mushrooms are potential miracle workers, capable of cleaning up oil spills and radioactive contamination, filtering bacteria - tainted wastewater, speeding reforestation of clear - cut woodlands, boosting agricultural yields, controlling insect pests and treating ailments ranging from cancer and bird flu to diabetes and dementia.
Agriculture, drilling, and old pollution from waste pits left by the oil and gas industry were all considered possible causes of the contamination.
With more than 17 million Americans now living within one mile of an oil and gas well, there is concern about the possible contamination of surface and groundwater by trace metals, radioactive isotopes and other inorganic compounds released in these areas, they point out.
«So far we've just been ahead of the oil spill,» he says, to try to establish baseline contamination rates before the crude hits.
Because oil and gas companies must drill tens of thousands of new wells each year in the United States to maintain production through time, groundwater contamination remains a possibility.
Old holes made in search of oil and gas have been abandoned but may be providing paths for contamination to creep up
Yet another heir to the toxic legacy of Soviet industry, the city of 275,000 souls bears heavy metal, oil and chemical contamination from its days as a center of chemical production.
Response of marine bacteria to oil contamination and to high pressure and low temperature deep sea conditions — Hanna Fasca — Microbiology Open
Because it takes a significantly larger amount of hemp stalks to produce hemp oil, there is an increased risk of contamination of toxins contained within the plant.
This homemade product is not shelf stable, so I make a new batch of this mixture every 24 hours if needed rather than keeping the remaining oil to avoid any problems with contamination.
I believe krill oil is the perfect substitute for fish consumption as krill is not plagued with the problem of heavy contamination.
However, note that the dark color of Chinese sesame oil is due to the fact that the seeds are roasted before processing, not because of any contamination.
So, while Whole Foods is right to defend its canola oil from claims of hexane and other forms of contamination, it is still, at the end of the day, canola oil!
2) Cold - pressed extra virgin olive oil from California estate - grown heirloom Mission olives, farmed the centuries - old way without pesticides or chemical fertilizers, pressed right at the orchard, eliminating any chance of contamination with other oils.
The biggest problem with French fries eaten out of the house is contamination of the frying oil with gluten from onion rings and other breaded products.
This includes a fatty acids test using a gas chromatographic method to verify the profile of each oil, and testing for any potential contamination and foreign substances to make sure that each oil is safe, pure and exactly what the label claims it is.
Tinted glass bottles are one of the best storage options for preventing unwanted contamination of the olive oil with packaging materials (as might occur, for example, with the use of dark plastic bottles in which very small amounts of plastic might migrate from the bottle into the oil).
There are also residues of nickel and other contaminations from the manufacturing and the heating damages antioxidants and other useful ingredients that originally were in the oil.
In the opening scenes of THE RUNNER the oil slick from the 2010 BP spill is seen spreading over the gulf coast, over the wild life, crippling the fishermen, the local culture, and the economy; by the end of the film, the contamination will have infiltrated the landscape, political and personal, of the man at the center of the fight: a New Orleans politician — Democratic Representative Colin Pryce played by Oscar winner Nicolas Cage.
The contamination and sludge in oil tends to settle at the bottom of the oil pan as oil cools.
You could possibly re-use the filter many times and there would be very little contamination of new oil with old.
This is because the old oil residue left when the oil is changed will always retain a certain amount of contamination and cause the discolouration.
If you feel up to it drain the engine sump of oil into a suitable container and check the oil for water contamination.
The potential causes of Diagnostic Trouble Code P0420 include a damaged muffler or leaks in the muffler, damaged exhaust manifold or leaks in the exhaust manifold, damaged exhaust pipe or exhaust pipe leaks, misfiring in the engine, oil contamination in catalytic converter, a faulty catalytic converter, a faulty engine coolant temperature sensor, faulty front oxygen sensor, faulty rear oxygen sensor, damaged oxygen sensor wiring, oxygen sensor wiring that is not properly connected, damaged oxygen sensor connectors, a fuel injector that is leaking, fuel pressure that is high, and other causes.
We brought it to Range Rover of Marin who found no contamination in the gas and oil and it was the fuel injectors that went out.
(Exclusions: Any component failure due to contamination of specified manufactured refrigeration oil, recharged and evacuated system.
Or the back corner of the lot could've been turned into an illegal dumping ground for old oil tanks (a big deal considering the contamination).
Man - made contamination could come from a variety of sources such as leaky oil storage tanks, septic systems, fertilizers, road treatments for snow, etc..
The oil slick has dispersed and most obvious signs of contamination have disappeared.
It appears to me that the family of humanity is beginning to come face to face with a myriad of growing global challenges — air pollution, sea and land contamination, global warming, peak oil, diminishing global supplies of grain, overfishing, the dissipation of Earth's scarce resources, desertification, deforestation, urban sprawl and autoban congestion are examples — the sum of which could soon become unsustainable, given a finite planet with the relatively small size and make - up of Earth.
I was at a talk yesterday by David Schindler, who's been at the centre of monitoring the contamination from the oil sands in Alberta.
«A representative I spoke with from the Division of Minerals (of the DEC) insists that the potential for drinking water contamination by oil and gas drilling is almost non-existent,» Boria wrote in his memo to a party whose name was redacted.
«However, this department has investigated numerous complaints of potential contamination problems resulting from oil and gas drilling.»
«This year, we will press the United States and other nations to exert strong leadership in advancing an agenda that extends beyond whaling to the broader range of threats that imperil whales throughout our oceans, including ship strikes, chemical and noise pollution, entanglement, oil spills, radioactive contamination, emerging diseases and climate change,» says Kitty Block, HSI vice president, who will be attending the IWC meeting for the 14th time.
Tens of thousands of indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon have been fighting decades of contamination of their natural resources by foreign and domestic oil companies.
It is a future in which the IWC plays a primary role in the health and protection of our oceans, a future in which the body exerts greater leadership in respect to the raft of threats that jeopardize all marine life, whether it be oil spills, radioactive contamination, entanglement in fishing gear and marine debris, ship strikes, chemical and noise pollution, emerging diseases, climate change or all of these cumulatively and synergistically.
The organic nature of many urban agriculture projects helps decrease reliance on oil based agrochemicals, improve soil quality and reduce contamination.
Results from a new modeling assessment of contamination in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) suggest that officially reported emissions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in that region have been greatly underestimated.
Compare the long - term environmental contamination of oil spills non-sustainability of oil with PV modules that can be recycled at the end of their useful life and some of the component materials can be re-used.
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