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Yes. Oil affects the ecosystem and the food chain, as well as drinking water. Eventually some of the oil or its byproducts will end up in our bodies, causing illness and disease.
Further, the animals we eat may develop diseases due to the oil, and we may be affected by these animal diseases as well.
What else can I help you with?
How can oil spills be damaging?
Oil spills in the ocean can cause animals to be harmed because they become coated with oil and so does their food.
Do oil spills cause global warming?
no
Why do boats cause oil spills?
Cracks in the hull
The cause of oil spills?
Many things, including wars, ship wrecks, and wells exploding are some of the few causes of oil spills.
Do Tsunamis cause oil spills?
They can if they go anywere near an oil tanker or an oil rig
What is the cause of water pollution in the middle east?
Oil spills
Do oil spills cause taxes to go up?
yes.
How does oil spills kill sea otters?
cause the oil is posion and if it gets on their food it could kill them!
Why does oil present the biggest problem?
I have included two links. Oil spills cause pollution, and can be injury or death to workers on rigs. Many spills are small, and do not cause wide spread environmental damage. See links.
Why are oil spills so disastrous?
Because oil is such a valuable nonrenewable resource, for it to spill would cause gas prices to rise. When it spills, we are losing a lot of oil we could sell so we are losing money.
Does drilling for oil create oil spills?
It can definitely contribute to oil spills.
What causes the air pollution of southwest asia?
Sometimes oil spills can cause pollution.
