oil in seas and oceans. Furthermore,
Fortunately these incidents don’t
while loading oil in a tanker some oil
cause lot of harmful damage to the
may spill. While cleaning a tanker,
environment, but since they are
workers discharge the oil in the sea.
repeated and the uses of fuel by cars
During transportation of oil and fuel,
and planes increase, the amount
some accidents can occur in the
discharged
also
increases.
vessel of transportation, for instance:
“the Exxon Valdez spill” which took
place in late 1980s; large amount of
oil spilled due to a ship failure and till
now, even after decades, it is still
affecting
the
problem
is
The
dangerously. Most of the people who
some
work in cleaning up oil spillage
companies find that decomposing oil
messes in marine areas, end up with
is a very expensive process, they use
heath problems, like chest pain,
illegal ways, such as dumping their
coughing,
oil waste in oceans and marine areas,
respiratory distress and vomiting.
which affects the ecosystem. The
From the article “oil spill’s human
marine equipment is not the only
health in extended into future” by
cause of oil spillage in marine areas;
Katherine
automobiles, cars, and planes also use
people who worked on clean-up of
petroleum gazes like fuel. However,
the Exxon Valdez spill filed claims
sometimes while loading the gas or
for respiratory problems, and follow-
when road accidents occur, oil is
up surveys have found that those who
discharged from cars on the soil.
had worked most closely with the
Thus,
spilled oil had” greater prevalence of
after
environment.
Oil spillage affects humans
that
when
raining,
all
these
dizziness,
Harmon;
headaches,
“Some
270
pollutants return again to reservoirs,
symptoms
such as rivers, seas and oceans, and in
diseases...These symptoms are typical
their turn pollute these marine areas.
of acute exposure to hydrocarbons or
of
chronic
airway