IMPACT OF OIL SPILL ON ANIMALS & HUMANS

Done by: Gina Kaderi and Nay KhalilSubject: EnglishPresented to: Grade 7 “A” Students and Mrs. Hoda

OUTLINE Introduction; What is an Oil Spill? Some Causes of Oil spill Biggest Oil Spills Ever Impact on Animals Impact on Humans Conclusion References

INTRODUCTION ; WHAT IS AN OIL SPILL?

Oil spill, a disastrous phenomenon, is a result of several accidents.

Over a long period of time, oil spills may:

Become buried in remains.

Evaporate into the atmosphere.

Be broken down into other chemicals by bacteria, sunlight, and wave action.

SOME CAUSES OF OIL SPILLS

Oil is commonly transported by tankers and pipelines each of which has its own fault that can lead to an oil spill.

Tankers can crash or run into unexpected land that causes a hole which allows oil to escape. It may happen during the

transport of oil across oceans.

Human mistakes as well as equipment malfunction can cause oil spills

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BIGGEST OIL SPILLS EVER Amoco Cadiz

68.7 million gallons of oil spilled into the sea. Arabian Gulf Spills

6-8 million barrels of oil spilled into the waters of the Arabian Gulf. Argo Merchant

The vessel broke apart and spilled its entire cargo of 7.7 million gallons of No. 6 fuel oil.

Barge Bouchard 155Spilled an estimated 336,000 gallons of No. 6 fuel oil.

Barge Cibro SavannahAbout 127,000 gallons of oil remained unaccounted for after the incident.

Burmah Agate An estimated 2.6 million gallons of oil were released into the environment, and another 7.8 million gallons were consumed by the fire.

Exxon ValdezIt spilled 10.8 million gallons of oil into the marine environment.

JUST IMAGINE HOW MANY FUEL WAS

SPILLED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT !!!!!

AND JUST THINK ABOUT THE NEGATIVE

EFFECTS ON EVEYRTHING

INCLUDING THESE POOR ANIMALS!

Does it have an effect on me ???

You’re a human aren’t you? :/

Stop it guys!

I’ll explain everything

in the next slide!

Well of course oil spills can have an impact on living

things since it causes pollution. I will explain

everything to you right now, turn to the next slide please

IMPACT ON ANIMALS When oil is spilled or leaked into in waterways and the

ocean, it spreads very quickly with the help of wind and currents.

If oil is eaten, it can either poison the animal, make them extremely sick, or create a level of destroys in their system that then causes poisoning further up the food chain.

When Birds (Seagulls) dive to eat fish, they will be covered with oil paralyzing their ability of flying.

Birds and other animals often ingest oil when trying to clean themselves.

Shellfish and corals are particularly at risk in these situations as they cannot escape from an oil slick.

IMPACT ON HUMANS Scientists are still assessing the ecological damage

wrought by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year.

More than 300 people had come forward with spill-related symptoms in the few months after the rig exploded.

Some of the common complaints have included chest pain, coughing, dizziness, headaches, respiratory distress and vomiting.

These symptoms are typical of severe contact to hydrocarbons.

Eating contaminated seafood and drinking contaminated water can cause serious health problems.

IMPACT ON HUMANS

Crude oil chemicals can cause respiratory problems as well as nervous system troubles.

Some have been linked to cancers at high exposure levels.

When oil comes into contact with skin, they can also cause skin infections.

Some people who worked on clean-up of the Exxon Valdez spill had respiratory problems.

Oil Spills can also cause DNA damage.

CONCLUSION

Oil Spills can have negative effects on living things.

REFERENCES Information from:

- Observations: Oil spill's human health impacts might extend :

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=oil-spills-human-health-impacts-mig-2010-08-16

- Lebanon Oil Spill Rapid Assessment and Response Mission :

http://www.greenline.org.lb/new/pdf_files/document_2_lebanon_oil_spill_rapid_assessment_and_response_mission.pdf

- Jiyeh Power Station oil spill :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiyeh_Power_Station_oil_spill

- PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE OIL SPILL IMPACT ON LEBANESE COASTAL WATERS :

http://www.cnrs.edu.lb/info/LSJ2006/No2/khalaf.pdf

- Effects of oil spills - Green living tips :

http://www.greenlivingtips.com/blogs/164/Effects-of-oil-spills.html#

- Impacts of Oil Spill – Buzzle :

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/impacts-of-oil-spill.html

- Proposed Solution(s) to Gulf BP Oil Spill :

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article19923.html

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