Historical Dispersant Use in U.S. Waters 1968–2020

Modelling of dispersant application to oil spills in shallow coastal waters

Application of dispersants in shallow water remains an issue of debate within the spill response community. An experimental oil spill to evaluate potential environmental impacts and benefits of applying dispersants to spills in shallow water has therefore been under consideration. One site being considered was Matagorda Bay, on the Texas coast. Coupled three-dimensional oil spill and hydrodynam...

An Historical Assessment of US Presidential Elections

Historical Matching and Organizational Capabilities in the Us Banking Industry

In this paper, I explore the nature and dynamics of how the past continues to influence the present by examining how historically-developed organizational capabilities exert a persistent effect on the actions of US banking firms. I study how variation in institutional, technical and economic environments in which banks are founded account for differences in their ability to coordinate across un...

Estrogenic Activity of US drinking waters: A relative exposure comparison

E xpanding population, limited access to freshwater, and continued growth in the manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries increase the potential for exposure to a plethora of compounds through air, food, and water. Advances in analytical technology enable the scientific community to observe and quantify chemical contaminants in air and water at miniscule levels (parts per trillion...

Comparative toxicity of oil, dispersant, and oil plus dispersant to several marine species.

Dispersants are a preapproved chemical response agent for oil spills off portions of the U.S. coastline, including the Texas-Louisiana coast. However, questions persist regarding potential environmental risks of dispersant applications in nearshore regions (within three nautical miles of the shoreline) that support dense populations of marine organisms and are prone to spills resulting from hum...