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Oil Pollution
Health
Short run health impacts of an oil spill include illnesses caused by toxic fumes or by the consumption of organic organisms. Other impacts on the environment include the losses and destructions of fisheries, boating and other uses of the affected water. Moreover, oil spills take a long period of time to clean up and the constant exposure of such an environment poses a health threat to workers cleaning up the oil spill.
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Coastal Wildlife
Drilling for oil poses a devastating problem to the coastal wildlife. Oil which has been washed on shore requires treatment which may worsen the marine and beach eco-systems.
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Pollutants
Industrial byproducts are toxic and harmful. This table shows the different pollutants and how they contribute to water pollution.
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