Marine pollution

In the 1970's, the working-class community in the Love Canal area of Niagara Falls, New York, was evacuated due to deadly chemicals seeping into the environment and harming people and pets. Before that, the Hooker Chemical Company dumped industrial chemicals in the unfinished canal, and capped it only clay. The Niagara Falls City School District was in need of land, so in 1953, Hooker sold the land to them for $1. Homes were built on top of the chemicals and more than 80 industrial chemicals…

CLAIMS FOR RELIEF The United States and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) pursue injunctive relief and the assessment of civil penalties for infringements of environmental regulations at CFI’s Plant City phosphate facility in Hillsborough County, Florida. First Claim for Relief: Failure to make hazardous waste determination In accordance with Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulation (C.F.R.) Part 262.11 and Chapter 62-730 of the Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), a…

Introduction One of the main challenges currently faced by Alcoa Intalco Corporation, or any aluminum plant, is the disposal of spent liners otherwise known as SPL. On September1988, SPL was listed by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as hazardous waste (53 Fed. Reg. 35412) coded as K088, and with that came stricter regulation and much rather extensive fines and matters of safety issues, not to mention, different protocols for safe handling and storage of SPL. Landfilling was…

capitalism, and english. Some negative effects include, pollution, overpopulation, and abuse of workers. And there was also academic stress. And the Globalization effects, Recently, the World Health Organization released a report that indicted toxic air pollution for 3.7 million deaths worldwide. Though China is currently taking steps to curb its smog epidemic, such as giving monetary rewards to cities and regions that reduce their pollution, the untold environmental, health, and social…

consisted small pieces of plastic instead of sand and how several hundreds of plastic products were washed off to shore which were made a couple of decades ago. Further, it really disturbed me by the effect of plastic on the life of animals and its marine environment. In one scene, it showed how the dead bodies of albatross decomposed but the small pieces of plastic will…

Sick building syndrome (SBS) is the adverse, recurring symptoms that occupants experience during their time spent in a building (Khan & Karuppayil, 2012). Notably, SBS affects 19.4% of office workers (Ooi, Goh, Phoon, Foo, & Yap, 1998). Those affected experience short term ailments such as headaches, nausea, fatigue, and coughing that consequently hinder efficiency and increase absenteeism (Joshi, 2008). A common cause of SBS is the presence of bioaerosols, most notably mold, a form of fungal…

These days, we’re surrounded by many environmental hazards that we don’t really see. Even if you don’t live next to a nuclear power plant or a garbage dump, it’s still highly possible that there are harmful chemical substances and allergens lurking in and around your home. If you’ve got a baby or are expecting one, then you should remember that these substances are more harmful for your little one than for you because his body and immune system is still developing. Thus, you might want to go…

the environment and the health of living things.) Body There are many health risks to us and the environment if we don’t start to recycle. Inhaling toxins causes airway damage and asthma attacks, and to much of this process it will increase air pollution to…

of the oil pollution oil comes from ashore from waste disposal, land drainage and improper disposal of used motor oil(4). In recent times it has been discovered that a possible solution for oil pollution is the “Oleo Sponge”(as seen in figure 1(11)), an oleophilic and hydrophobic sponge that collects oil and rejects water housing up to ninety times its own weight than to be squeezed out and reused like a dish sponge(3). Could this be the answer to addressing oil spills and benefit marine…

Ocean Pollution: North Pacific Gyre filled with Plastic In 1997 a well-known chemist, scientific researcher and sea captain named Charles Moore, set sail from Hawaii back to his homeland, California after competing in a yacht race. Along the way, Captain Charles Moore had extra fuel to spare and decided to take a short cut through the low pressured winds of the north pacific gyre. As he and his crew reached the calm within the gyre, they were completely caught off guard as they noticed bits and…