Air pollution is caused by humans. Smog and ozone layer depletion are two major causes. They are both toxics in the air that humans create and toxics that effect humans as well. Smog is caused by so many different chemicals that ranges from things like automobile exhaust to hairspray. It affects humans mainly in the circulatory and respiratory systems which are both very important and crucial to survive. Ozone layer depletion is a very serious decline of gas in the ozone layer which is bad because
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Problems Caused By Air Pollution Some people think that air pollution is not harming the earth or the people‚ but it is doing worse‚ by killing the earth and getting people sick. "Air pollutants‚" according to Gay‚ "are known to cause respiratory diseases‚ cancer‚ and other serious illnesses" (12). Air pollution not only threatens the health and life of humans but also causes damage to the environment (Gay 13). First‚ air pollution causes a great deal of health problems. Wanting clean air is
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The Pollution Caused by Cruise Ships James Tapp Business Ethics‚ BUAD 5304 Cruise ships and the industry as a whole are vital to the economic stability of the local port cities in which they dock at daily. These ships carry up to 3‚000 passengers who spend enormous amounts of money at tourist locations around the world. It is estimated that millions of dollars are generated and placed into the tourism markets annually. This is great news for local communities that depend on the cruise ship
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1 1.1 VEGETABLE OIL REFINERY Introduction Vegetable oil and fat resources are indispensable to mankind as a source of nutrient and industrial raw materials. Crude vegetable oil obtained from various oil milling units is further refined before use for edible purposes. Refined edible oil is a process where free fatty acids are volatized‚ condensed and recovered simultaneously with vacuum de-colouring operation. Sometimes‚ refining process is limited to simple physical treatment such as heating
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Searching US$709 million & EPC contractor for BMRE project of ERL‚ only a government owned crude oil refinery at Bangladesh: further seekinvestor2007@yahoo.com 88-01710-962792 attn hafiz‚ Bangladesh part coordinator Expression of Interest for Financing BMRE Project of Eastern Refinery Limited The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC)/Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL) (Lead Agency) under the Ministry of Power‚ Energy and Mineral Resources Division (Lead Ministry) intends to increase its present
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1975 GULF OIL REFINERY FIRE In the early hours of August 17‚ 1975‚ a tragic disaster occurred on the Gulf Oil refinery in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. This horrific disaster took the lives of eight firefighters‚ and potentially could have taken more lives if it wasn’t for the help of many surrounding fire stations. The cause of the fire was the overfilling of Tank 231. While no crude oil escaped from the tank as a result of being overfilled‚ large quantities of hydrocarbon vapors were trapped above
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The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) 90 is an act of the Congress enforced in response to the Exxon Valdez incident of Good Friday 1989. The accident involved Exxon Valdez which spilled more than 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound. It emerged from the incident that the country lacked sufficient resources to counter cases of oil spills. The country’s facility entrusted with the role of responding to cases of maritime oil pollution was the United States Coast of Guard. However‚ the agency
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HRM CASE STUDY Management Appraisal at Attock Refinery Limited MBA II Marketing I Group Members Hira Tanveer M.Waqas Tahir Rabbia Shahid Tehmas Zaki Introduction: Attock Refinery Limited (ARL) was incorporated as a Private Limited Company in November‚ 1978 to take over the business of the Attock Oil Company Limited (AOC) relating to refining of crude oil and supplying of refined petroleum products. It was subsequently converted into a Public Limited Company in June‚ 1979 and is listed on the three
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After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill‚ the United States Congress to pass the Oil Pollution Act of 1990‚ which was made effective on 18th August of 1990‚ and with it commenced a new standard in the prevention of oil pollution‚ response‚ and liability (Sump‚ 2015‚ p.439). The oil industry implemented drug/alcohol testing for tanker workers‚ adjusted tanker routes‚ expanded training and examination regimes for workers‚ enhanced navigational gear‚ and introduced redundant power frameworks on vessels (Coil
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International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation Volume 2 Number 4 December 2008 Human Errors and Oil Pollution from Tankers P. Arsenie & R. Hanzu-Pazara Constanta Maritime University‚ Constanta‚ Romania ABSTRACT: The economical development of the world is based on transportation system. More than half of the products transported all over the world are carried by sea. Sea transportation is made with different kind of ships‚ as bulk carriers‚ cargo vessels
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