Oil Spills

Although the statistics are kinda uncertian, I'd say well over the thousands. The ten thousands. Maybe even a million. I mean, Think about it. The animals IN the water ON TOP OF the water and AROUND the water, IN the sand, the list goes on and on. Lets just say every animal that comes close to that oil mess is in risk of a 99.9% of getting covered in sticky burning thick oil that will 1) drown them 2) Suffocate them 3) Burn them to death{the oil burns to the touch} or 4) Other like they swallow it or whatever. In which they cant do with out getting in to it :( Its really sad!

~Cherry.girl**

On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The tanker was traveling outside the normal shipping lanes in an attempt to avoid ice. It spilled 10.8 million gallons of oil (out of a total cargo of 53 million gallons) into the marine environment, and impacted more than 1,100 miles of non-continuous Alaskan coastline. State and Federal agencies continue to monitor the effects of this spill, which was the largest oil spill in U.S. history.

For some other famous oil spills, see the Related Link below.

The blow out and fire occurred on April 20, 2010. See link for a discussion of events.

There was a later oil spill caused by a tugboat hitting an abandoned oil pipe in Barataria Bay.

Yes there was an oil spill in the Great Barrier Reef. More than two tons of liquid petroleum leaked into the southern part of the reef.

After an oil spill, the ocean would be polluted with toxic oil and will kill sea creatures that are near the spill according to many researchers who have seen dead sea birds covered with toxic oil. If you swim in the ocean after an oil spill, your body can be infected with bacteria from the toxic oil and get diseases from it. In other cases, you could probably lose your life.

There are many kinds of environmental pollution, such as air pollution, land pollution, water pollution and noise pollution.

All un-natural pollution is caused by human beings, there are too many people on the planet for the planet to support and our natural and industrial waste is destroying (polluting) the natural environment of our planet.

We can take steps to try and process our natural waste products and to clean up our industrial effluents but in the long run unless we do something to reduce the numbers of humans on our planet, we will destroy our environment to the extent that it will no longer be fit for human life and our species will die off.

because the chemicals in the oil get into the coral causing it to die

Wash the acid off as soon as possible.

Any amount that causes a sheen.

(Ref: BE-22)

(Ref: The Federal Water Pollution Control Act)

The BP oil spill began on April 20. The best estimate of initiation of uncontrolled flow (blow out) to the rig floor was 9:48 pm when power was lost, due to explosions caused by hydrocarbon flow. Some media reports may put the time a few minutes earlier or later, based on interviews with rig crew of events.

None. Skimmers are mechanical devices, which use the surface tension of the oil to pull oil into a boat.

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it is important for manypossible reason one is that its affecting the economy so much and all the sea creatures, and they are dieing, as well our oil proces are going up the priceon almost everything is going higher and higher

This depends on which oil spill is being referred to. See related questions.

louisiana, new orleans, mississippi, taxi, and taxes these are the state that was affected by the oil spill during the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.

Any amount that causes a sheen (BE-22)

The BP oil spill had an impact on the economy of the Gulf states, with the largest impact on Louisianna. Due to the prohibition to fishing, the fishing industry,primarily shrimpers suffered. See link on the financial estimates.

Also, tourism declined in the area due to closing beaches or concern that the beaches would be closed and seafood unsafe to eat.

Finally, the prohibition of exploratory deepwater drilling following the spill, means that many rig workers will lose their jobs. This is more a consequence of the US government's decision to place a moratorium on new drilling than a direct result of the spill.

See related link.

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It's several miles under the surface of the water and BP did not have a plan of what to do in a 'worst case' 'what if this happened' disaster. BP is just making it up as they go along. They keep trying ideas to see if they will work, and when they don't, they try out another idea.

the oil killed quite alot of animals especially fish because the got alot of oil in their gills wich they breath through also animals such as sea otters couldn't feed because theire favorite was sea porcupines wich are just like spikey balls that are purple well they couldn't get those since they live on the sea floor it was hard for the sea otters to see and alot of times dried up spikey oil clumps were mistaken for the sea porcupines and sea otters just fed on those

Equipment failure can lead to oil spills and environmental damage.

You can use Human hair to help clean up Oil Spills

Obviously it is has caused pollution and killed various wild life, but as to a long lasting effect the media likes to blow things out of proportion. The earth is much more resilient than one would think.

Oil will adhere to many surfaces. Many natural materials such as straw, grass, coconut husks, wood chips and mats made of hair will absorb oil. I have included links to some of the manufacturers of commercial sponges and chemical products.

These links may be more promotional than factual, as I don't believe there is any product that will absorb only oil. There are many materials that will have an oil preference.

When a small spill occurs in calm water, particularly a harbor, lake or river, use of containment booms and absorbing material may be effective. Also, absorbents can be effective for soaking up land spills.

See related links.