Litigation Procedure in Oil Pollution Incidents

Syndromic surveillance of air pollution incidents across international borders

Objective To assess the impact on human health observed in association with periods of poor air quality which extended across international borders, affecting both London (UK) and Paris (France). In particular to quantify increased levels of emergency department (ED) attendances for asthma and wheeze/ difficulty breathing, and how different age groups were affected. Here, using ED syndromic sur...

Public Law Litigation and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Oil pollution monitoring by SAR imagery

Russia is the first world gas producer and the second for oil. Its reserves of hydrocarbons are primarily located in the Russian North where permafrost is often present. Large oil spills occur in this area. The pipelines are subject to corrosion and cryogenic processes. The risk of rupture increases consequently. The oil spill monitoring is limited by the vastness and the frequent inaccessibili...

Lubricating Oil Pollution Detection Sensor Design

Metal abrasive particle content in lubricating oil is an important index to judge the degree of deterioration of lubricating oil. Established a spiral electrode capacitance sensor by the finite element software ANSYS, the simulation result shows that the sensor is sensitive to the content of metal abrasive particle in lubricating oil, not affect by the metal abrasive particle itself. According ...

Chronic oil pollution harms Magellanic penguins in the Southwest Atlantic.

Petroleum pollution is a problem for seabirds along the Southwest Atlantic coast. Twenty-five groups from Salvador, Brazil (12 degrees 58'S) to San Antonio Oeste, Argentina (40 degrees 43'S) survey or rehabilitate sick or oiled seabirds. Four groups, one each in Brazil and Uruguay, and two in Argentina, kept counts of birds found alive and in need of rehabilitation. An average of 63.7% of the s...