Essays on Chemical Spill

A chemical leak at Elk River on January made state officials impose strict water use restrictions to over 300,000 people in nine West Virginia counties. This is so because the chemical leaked into this river, upstream from the West Virginia American treatment facility. They imposed the restrictions after discovering that about 7500 gal of 4-methylcyclohexane methanol had spilled out of the storage tank about a mile upriver of freedom industries, which was a specialty chemical company (Lindsay 8). The governor affirmed nine counties in West Virginia a disaster region because the spill contaminated the drinking water.

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Schlumberger Limited

Problem Solving Schlumberger Limited Schlumberger Limited is an American Company that operates in the oil industry. The company is the world's biggest oilfield services company that is present in over 85 countries across the globe. The company has principle offices in the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and Netherlands to coordinate its global operations. Schlumberger limited was started in 1926 by two French brothers who initially dealt with electrical related operations. However, the company has since diversified and has many interests in oil industry services whereby it mainly deals with seismic acquisition and processing, well ...

Question 1: environmental health

- What were the main themes that first emerged after the spill? The first themes from the newspapers that were covered touched on the chemical spill from Kooragang Island Orica Plant. They all touched on the chemicals that were spilt at the plant and the area in which the chemical covered. The carcinogenic chemical exposure was communicated to the residents of the area three days after the event took place (Johnson 2011, p. 1). According to all the articles, the chemical that glided on seventy homes in the area for half an hour was hexavalent chromium (Fairfax Media ...

Introduction

Many materials that are used in the production industry are hazardous and it is therefore necessary for production plants dealing with such materials to take the necessary precautionary measures (Ohl & Moser, 2007). In this scenario, the plant is in a mess after a fork lift punctured a drum of 55 gallon containing dangerous materials that are believed to be either strong acid, base or oxidizer raw materials. This paper analyses how the situation can be handled to restore normality in the plant.

Scenario

This type of chemical spill can be categorized as complicated since it not just a simple chemical spill on the floor that ...