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How can a spill affect your community? | Oil Spills

The magnitude of harm from a spill is determined by many factors, including the amount and type of oil, location, season, weather, and actions taken to clean ...

The Social Impacts Oil Spills Have at a Community Level

Oil spills can damage the environment and the wildlife and marine life that depend on it. They can also cause physical, mental, and financial stress to people ...

How Oil Spills Impact Coastal Communities? - SEVENSEAS Media

Home purchases declined by up to 44% during the spill, and home value went down as much as 8.8%. Many things in the area became less valuable, ...

Effects of Oil Spills - Spill Response (U.S. National Park Service)

... the ecosystem and can have long-term effects on natural and cultural resources. When in water: One drop of oil will cover the area of a two-car garage. One ...

How Do Oil Spills Affect the Environment? - Earth.Org

So how do oil spills affect the environment? Depending on where and when a spill happens, from a few up to thousands of animals and plants can ...

Oil Spills' Effects on Human Life - Environmental Pollution Centers

Humans may become exposed to concentrations of contaminants in the food that could be orders of magnitude higher than in the contaminated environment. This is ...

How Do Chemical Spills Affect The Environment? | Specialized Waste

Chemical spills directly impact human health in several ways. Direct exposure to spilled chemicals through skin contact, inhalation, or ...

Environmental Effects - ITOPF

The effects of oil spills can have wide ranging impacts that are often portrayed by the media as long lasting environmental disasters.

Health Effects of Oil Spills - WebMD

An oil spill is a messy and dangerous event that can take a toll on people and animals in the affected area. Those who are most at risk after ...

Understanding Oil Spills And Oil Spill Response

These can reduce the severity of an oil spill and accelerate the recovery of an affected area. Some natural actions include weathering, evaporation, oxidation,.

5 Environmental Consequences of Oil Spills - Treehugger

Even when marine mammals escape the immediate effects, an oil spill can contaminate their food supply. Marine mammals that eat fish or other food exposed to an ...

The Impact of Oil on The Environment - Oil Care Campaign

Oil spills can pollute the environment and have a devastating impact on wildlife. Find out why it's so important to reduce oil pollution with safe disposal.

Oil spill | Definition, Causes, Effects, List, & Facts | Britannica

Major oil spills are frequently followed by the immediate suspension of commercial fishing, at the least to prevent damage to vessels and equipment but also to ...

How oil spills affect humans and the environment - FairPlanet

Oil that accumulates on roads, highways and parking lots from vehicles or oil leaks makes its way to the oceans through stormwater runoff from ...

Helping Oil Spill Impacted Communities - Earth Island Institute

On March 23, 1989, marine toxicologist Riki Ott gave a talk to the Valdez, Alaska Mayor's Committee about the impact of oil spills on ocean ecosystems.

This is how oil spills damage our environment

Research on previous oil spills shows that toxic chemicals remain in the ocean for years, often sinking down to the seafloor and poisoning the ...

Human Health and Socioeconomic Effects of the Deepwater Horizon ...

Studies, both to date and ongoing, show some negative mental and physical health outcomes associated with DWH in some spill workers, as well as some coastal ...

Wildlife and Oil Spills - Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Knowing the species and communities that might be affected by a spill and their susceptibilities to oil contamination helps planners choose the best response ...

Land - Oil Spill Prevention

As spilled oil on land prevents water absorption by the soil, spills on agricultural locations or grasslands have the effect of choking off plant life. If a ...

The impact of oil on the environment - Maritime NZ

The initial impact from an oil spill can vary from minimal impact to large scale mortality within a particular biological community. Spilled oil poses serious ...