Oil boom raises burning issues

Burning border health issues.

Monoclonal antibodies directed against monomorphic determinants of Class I and Class II products of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and against leucocyte differentiation antigens were used in an indirect immunoperoxidase technique to compare their expression in normal and malignant disease of the ovary, cervix and endometrium. MHC Class I products, strongly expressed on normal ovaria...

Payment for plasma raises ethical issues.

In Situ Burning of Oil Spills

For more than a decade NIST conducted research to understand, measure and predict the important features of burning oil on water. Results of that research have been included in nationally recognized guidelines for approval of intentional burning. NIST measurements and predictions have played a major role in establishing in situ burning as a primary oil spill response method. Data are given for ...

Valuable oil sands environmental research raises several questions.

Kurek et al. (1) provide a valuable contribution concerning oil sands development. The authors should also be congratulated for not drawing irresponsible inferences about human cancer risks from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and for accurately reporting substantially lower PAH contamination of sediments for their study lakes vs. popular Alberta recreational lakes:Wabamun, Pigeon, and ...

Investor Flows and the 2008 Boom/Bust in Oil Prices

This paper explores the impact of investor flows and financial market conditions on returns in crude-oil futures markets. I argue that informational frictions and the associated speculative activity may induce prices to drift away from “fundamental” values, and may result in booms and busts in prices. Particular attention is given to the interplay between imperfect information about real econom...