application to bodies of water is avoided. There are four important factors one should take inconsideration before using malathion as a solution to the mosquitoes’ and West Nile Virus problem. Hazard identification: The chemical Malathion does have negative side effects for humans and eco system. Dose-response: Depending on the amount of Malathion ingested the symptoms can vary from mild to moderate or severe poisoning‚ results can be life threatening. Exposure: Water pH level over
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report was based on the how ground water may be affected by myriad containments present in our experiment and in our everyday . Surprisingly when vinegar was filtered through dirt it came out fairly clean. This surprised me because I would never believed that vinegar had such a profound effect on water considering its oily nature. I was convinced that vinegar more than the other contaminates would have produced a wider‚ more polluted field. I believed that all the water would have been contaminated
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that all that can be done is being done. The anti-fracking side doesn’t trust Big Fracking. Big Fracking is not only the drilling companies and well owners but also the support industries that supply fracking chemicals‚ storage of waste water‚ as well as waste water treatment companies. Both sides agree that there has not been enough research done to support either side. Hydraulic fracturing is an extremely controversial method for extracting minerals and gases from shale formations. Governments should
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below the surface. A high pressure water mixtures is pushed into a well‚ and pressure applied so the shale cracks and releases gas. The gases are then captured and refined. Since this high technology system has been developed‚ there has not been enough structured support‚ such as reports and surveys‚ to determine the safety of the environment and its inhabitants. Is fracking a sustainable practice that allows enough transparency for government systems to deem it safe? Given the amount of natural gas
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the shale rocks‚ which contaminates the water that we drink and runs into our homes. In the U.S.‚ there are more than 500‚000 active natural gas wells. Each of these wells requires 400 tanker tucks in order to carry water as well as supplies to the site where fracking will occur. For each of these individual fracking jobs‚ 1 to 8 million gallons of water is used. About 40‚000 gallons of chemicals (per one fracturing job) are used and mixed with the water to create the "fracking fluid." What people
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practices have contaminated local’s water supplies. There have even been cases where people have been able to light the water from their faucets on fire. Stricter government regulation should be enforced on these gas companies. Hydraulic Fracturing‚ or fracking‚ has recently (in the last ten years) been used extensively by gas companies (“The Facts About Fracking”). Fracking involves drilling down below shale formations (over a thousand feet) in the ground and pumping water‚ sand‚ and chemicals until
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In the early 1990s the United States was seeking energy independence with finding and obtaining our own natural gases. “For years now the U.S. has tried to lower its dependence on foreign oil from it energy needs‚ with stability in the middle east in question‚ drilling at home has never been more attracted” (Black). George P. Mitchell created a new system that would help us get closer to our nations goal‚ called hydraulic fracturing. Hydraulic fracturing‚ better known as “fracking”‚ is when high-pressured
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fracturing‚ otherwise known as fracking. Fracking is a process in which fluids made of water and 596 different chemicals is being blast 8000 feet into the ground‚ it is like a mini earthquake. Each fracking well needs fracking fluids‚ this fluid is made up of 1 to 7 million gallons of water‚ plus the chemicals. If workers decide to redo a well its another additional 1 to 7 million gallons of water. This much water could help how much people in Africa? This all started when the oil and gas industries
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Keyontara Renford Mr. Coffey English 101 October 10th‚ 2013 Most of our bodies are made up of water‚ just about 75-80%. Imagine someone drilling inside of you to suck all of your bodies nutrients and minerals out‚ then mixing your body water with chemicals that you are unaware of. Today making a difference in our economic system‚ means poisoning our Great Lakes‚ killing off the future‚ and not giving children the benefit of the doubt if that were done to the people of the states. Fracking‚
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GOVERNMENT SUPPORT IN TREATMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE IN THE PHILIPPINES PHILIPPINE CHEMICAL AND HAZARDOUS WASTE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (CHWEMP) Juan Miguel Fuentes‚ Ninette Ramirez** and Enrique Linsangan*** *President‚ Environmental Practitioners Association **Environmental Specialist‚ Environmental Practitioners Association ***Director for Operations‚ Bureau of Fire Protection – Department of Interior and Local Government I. Introduction The Chemical and Hazardous Waste Emergency
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