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• Title: Oil in the Sea: Nonpoint Pollution, Not Oil Spills, Is the Largest Source, And Reducing It will Require Coordinated Efforts on a Number of Fronts.
• Author : Issues in Science and Technology
• Release Date : January 22, 2003
• Genre: Engineering,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 197 KB

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"When it rains, it pours"--or so a motorist caught in a sudden storm might think while sliding into another vehicle. It is not merely the reduced visibility and the frenetic behavior of drivers in the rain that foster such mishaps; the streets also are slicker just after the rain begins to fall. Why? Because the oil and grease that are dripped, spewed, or otherwise inadvertently deposited by motor vehicles onto roadways are among the first materials to be lifted off by the rain, thereby literally lubricating the surface. Nor do matters end with making life miserable for motorists. The oil and grease washed off roads will most likely run into storm sewers and be discharged into the nearest body of water. From there, the oily materials often are carried to the sea, where they can cause a host of environmental problems. These events on a rainy day in the city illustrate an important but often overlooked route by which petroleum finds its way into coastal waters. Shutting down this and other routes presents a pressing challenge. True, the nation is doing a better job than ever of keeping oil out of the marine environment. But much work remains. We need to better understand the various pathways by which oil gets into the environment, how it behaves when it gets there, what effects it has on living organisms, and, perhaps most important, what steps can be taken to further reduce the amount of petroleum that enters the nation's and the world's oceans.

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