• DocumentCode
    1351355
  • Title

    Oil and Water Don't Mix [Point of View]

  • Author

    Baura, Gail D.

  • Author_Institution
    A professor at Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences, a member of the Claremont Colleges.
  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    48
  • Lastpage
    49
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Pulse, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    2154-2287
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPUL.2010.937908
  • Filename
    5601919
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1351355