Materials such as; paper, wood, wallboard, fiberglass, plastics, metal, glass, ceramic, stone, concrete and asphalt, often need to be impervious to water, oil, grease or even oxygen. These materials ...

THE desire for an international conference on the oil pollution of the seas has become increasingly evident since the failure of the Oil in Navigable Waters Act of 1922 and the Washington ...

The six other industries with weak and outdated EPA effluent guidelines targeted in the lawsuit filed by the environmental groups are: “Outdated standards allow far too many industries, from plastic ...

A former oil engineer, David Bojo Leju, has told the BBC World service that flooding in the area is washing pollution into water sources. Large swathes of the state have been under water for ...

Access to the facilities at Ras Shukeir is restricted to oil workers and government inspectors. However, the BBC was able to use satellite images to examine the extent of the water pollution.

It will consider boosting water quality management standards and begin a health impact assessment on food. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) repel water and oil and have been ...