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| Title | Focus on Biological Oils |
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Focus on Biological Oils (Number of pages: 2) (Publication Size: 317KB)
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| Author(s) | Lisa Copeland | ||||
| Description | All oil spills cause environmental damage, regardless of size. Oil is toxic to the environment and damage starts as soon as oil hits water. A single quart of oil has the potential to foul more than 100,000 gallons of water. Cooking and other edible oils, while less toxic to wildlife than petroleum products, still cause environmental harm. These oils generally do not evaporate, emulsify, or disperse in water, so they tend to create slicks on the surface of water, coat shorelines, and sink to smother subtidal organisms. | ||||
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| Contact | Lisa Copeland at 360-407-6990 or lisa.copeland@ecy.wa.gov | ||||
| Keywords | oil spill risk, oil, oil spill, oil spill prevention | ||||
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