Biochemical Pollution From Man-Made Substances: The Ignored Epidemic?

September 16, 2013

You have been physiologically and biochemically polluted by man-made chemicals, according to Dr. James Siow of Australia’s National Institute of Integrative Medicine (NIIM). But don’t worry about it too much, you aren’t alone.

In research presented Sunday at the CleanUp 2013 scientific contamination conference in Melbourne, Dr. Siow said that virtually every person on Earth has been contaminated in much the same way. He also took international governments and healthcare professionals to task for their slow response to chronic health issues associated with low-level, unavoidable chemical pollution in our air, water and food.

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A Giant Molasses Spill Is One Of The Worst Marine Disasters In Hawaii's History

September 13, 2013

Local scientists are saying that a giant molasses spill in Honolulu has quickly become one of the worst marine disasters in Hawaiian history.

The spill was caused by a corroded pipe that transported the molasses from storage thanks to ships. NPR says 233,000 gallons of molasses were spilled into the harbor on Monday before the leak was stopped on Tuesday.

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As Arctic Melts, a Race to Test Oil Spill Cleanup Technology

September 16, 2013

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy—one of two working icebreakers in the nation's fleet—concluded a sobering mission Tuesday in the ice-strewn waters north of Barrow, Alaska. The crew's task was to practice deploying equipment they hoped they would never use: new, high-tech gear for responding to a massive oil spill in the Arctic Ocean.

Some of the new technology, which included military-style drone aircraft and an unmanned underwater vehicle dubbed the Jaguar by its developers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, was designed to hunt and track oil trapped in or under ice. Other devices, such as oil skimmers and ROVs (remotely operated vehicles), were more robust Arctic versions of tools that took center stage during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the largest maritime oil spill in U.S. history.

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Zero large spills for oil tanker industry in 2012

September 10, 2013

Updated figures for 2012 show that the tanker industry suffered zero large oil spills - defined as above 700 tonnes - for the first year since systematic records began in 1970. With just seven “medium-sized” spills, defined as seven to 700 tonnes, the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF) concludes that the industry put around 1,000 tonnes of oil in the world's seas last year - the lowest figure on record.

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