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Effects of Pollution from Petrol Companies

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Effects of Pollution from Petrol Companies

Problem Statement

This project's purpose is to identify the effects of petrol pollutions from the petrol oil

companies on the environment and the impact it causes on respiratory-related illness in the

metropolitan area of Louisiana state. This project's basic hypothesis is to study incidents that will

prioritize the efforts to prevent and identify the causes of the healthy impact of petroleum release

products incidences that might result in death and injuries. The report shows that there are

seventeen refineries accidents of about three hundred and one to the state in 2011. There was the

spilling of 1.3 million gallons and over a million toxic pound chemicals in the air, water, and

soil. These chemicals included benzene and sulfur dioxide, which cause cancer and triggers

asthma. Even after this incident, the refinery managers continue to act as if they're no accident

problem. Until the facts are faced, the oil industry, environment, and our health will suffer.

The research question/hypotheses that will be address

Based on the report and research/survey conducted, a large quality mass of explosive

gases and oil spill cases are regularly reported and have small attentions, which is considered.

The publicity received from these cases can help study the incidents, prevention efforts, and the

cause of the health impacts. Analysis from the substance and disease data shows that a total

number of one thousand three hundred and sixty-nine incidents are reported from the petroleum

release incidents. This resulted in five hundred and twelve injuries and thirty-six deaths. The ten

percent of released petroleum products results from unprevented damages in utility lines. In

Louisiana, there's a significant increase in the pollution refinery incidents compared to twenty-

ten. The refineries have experienced a total number of three thousand three hundred and thirty-
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nine accidents from soil and air gallons since two thousand and five. The report showed that

about two thousand peoples live two miles away from the refineries keeping considerate health

impacts accidents. Report requests the industry to hire full-time workers and recommends that

government agencies increase enforcement by engaging workers and residents in the refinery

inspections. It is important to understand the acute petrol products release, which can help

develop preventive measures to reduce the accidents associated with such release.

Research design and methods

On successfully visiting Louisiana, interviews were conducted with the residents living

some miles from the refineries, where most incidents were caused by gas lines leakages. They

visited refineries and selected the worker through random sampling, and it was known that there

involved damages of lines and cuts due to contractor and construction worker's errors. The

petroleum release incident was inspected by a focus group conducted to understand the cause of

exploration related to natural gas distribution. It was found that some were caused by digging.

The questionnaires were given to understand the worker's progress in the industries which would

help reduce personal injured accidents. Suggestions were made to hire residents for a full-time

job. Ethnographic research carried out in Louisiana considering refineries as a major source of

pollutants in the area and is regulated by water, air, and land environment laws. The case study

research was done to understand the increased refinery accidents pollution in the year twenty-ten

and twenty twelve compared to previous years.

Implications for public policy practice and theory.

The ignored policies, which resulted in the reports and doubting the public records'

accuracy on where the data is based, refiners should work with the community and unions to

make the plants safer. The causes of Most common petroleum release incidents can be prevented.
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Homeowners, contractors, and construction workers should understand the environmental and

potential health consequences of gas line damages when working around them. Public members

should be educated to be aware of how to identify gas leakage and the causes of petroleum

products misuse.
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References

Anderson, A. R. (2015). Health effects of cut gas lines and other petroleum product release

incidents—Seven States, 2010–2012. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly

report, 64(22), 601.

Wang, S., Xu, Y., Lin, Z., Zhang, J., Norbu, N., & Liu, W. (2017, August). The harm of

petroleum-polluted soil and its remediation research. In AIP Conference

Proceedings (Vol. 1864, No. 1, p. 020222). AIP Publishing LLC.