Title :
Oil and Water Don't Mix [Point of View]
Author_Institution :
A professor at Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences, a member of the Claremont Colleges.
Abstract :
Imagine a land that was formerly pristine but has been contaminated with an estimated 19 billion gallons of waste produced from crude oil drilling. During oil production, an additional 16.8 million gallons of crude oil are spilled into the environment. The contamination seeps into the drinking water [1]. Women living near the oil fields have a 2.5 times higher risk of spontaneous abortions than those living further away [2]. Men and women living near the oil fields have significantly higher incidences of cancer [3], [4].
Keywords :
Accidents; Disasters; Environmental factors; Oil drilling; Oil pollution;
Journal_Title :
Pulse, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPUL.2010.937908
