Category: Chemicals / Toxic Substances, Environment, Gulf Coast Oil Spill Expert Articles Odors Associated with Oil Spills TASA ID: 897 The BP Oil Spill of 2010 has brought attention to the human senses, especially the sense of smell. Humans could easily smell the oil spill from shoreline locations, in an ocean breeze blowing toward the shore, well before the oil was on the beach or even within view of the shore. Read more
Category: Chemicals / Toxic Substances, Environment, Gulf Coast Oil Spill Expert Articles Damage Claims and Cleanup Estimates for the BP Oil Spill of 2010 TASA ID: 897 Cost recovery for necessary assessment and cleanup costs from an oil spill which started hundreds of miles away on an offshore drilling platform is going to be a large issue for numerous Gulf Coast property owners. Legal action of any sort is a time-consuming affair. There are several types of damage caused by the BP Oil Spill of 2010. Read more
Category: Chemicals / Toxic Substances, Environment, Gulf Coast Oil Spill Expert Articles Lowcost Cleanup Methods for Coastal Sediments and Waterways Impacted by the BP Oil Spill of 2010 TASA ID: 897 Although most of the media is concerned about the obvious floating free product associated with the BP Oil Spill, it is the dissolved contamination that will remain for a long period of time and continue to volatilize, generating the crude oil odors, long after the free product has been mostly cleaned up from the surface of the air-sea interface. Read more
Category: Chemicals / Toxic Substances, Environment, Gulf Coast Oil Spill Expert Articles, Medical & Healthcare Effects of Crude Oil Exposure on Children, Pregnant Women, and Other Adults TASA ID: 733 Crude Oil has been pouring into the Gulf of Mexico and is causing numerous and significant health issues for children, pregnant women, and other adults. Exposure occurs via inhalation, ingestion (of liquid droplets in the air), and direct skin contact. Read more
Category: Chemicals / Toxic Substances, Environment, Gulf Coast Oil Spill Expert Articles Preventing Oil Spills and Other Disasters by Risk Analysis of the Consequences and Probability of Failure: A Look at the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf Coast TASA ID: 897 Oil spills happen when physical degradation of the facilities (pipes, pumps, wells, instrumentation, tanks and tankers) occur due to a variety of physical factors, including but not limited to corrosion, puncture, earth movement), as well as human errors. Read more