When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Health and environmental impact of the petroleum industry

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_and_environmental...

    Some examples of waste oil are used oils such as hydraulic oil, transmission oil, brake fluids, motor oil, crankcase oil, gear box oil and synthetic oil. [53] Many of the same problems associated with natural petroleum exist with waste oil. When waste oil from vehicles drips out engines over streets and roads, the oil travels into the water ...

  3. Edible oil refining - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible_oil_refining

    Edible oil refining is a set of processes or treatments necessary to turn vegetable raw oil into edible oil.. Raw vegetable oil, obtained from seeds by pressing, solvent extraction, contains free fatty acids and other components such as phospholipids, waxes, peroxides, aldehydes, and ketones, which contribute to undesirable flavor, odor, and appearance; [1] for these reasons, all the oil has ...

  4. Extraction of petroleum - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraction_of_petroleum

    Oil rigs and oil platforms are used to drill long holes into the earth to create an oil well and extract petroleum. After extraction, oil is refined to make gasoline and other products such as tires and refrigerators. Extraction of petroleum can be dangerous and have led to oil spills. [1]

  5. Why you should stop using straws immediately - AOL

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/2018-03-22-why-you-should...

    Not only are straws bad for the environment, they're bad for your health as well. ...

  6. Seed oil misinformation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_oil_misinformation

    Hexane, which can be neurotoxic, is extremely effective at oil extraction. [13] Thus, it is often quoted as a danger when consuming vegetable oils as it can be found in finished oils in trace amounts. [14] The United States Environmental Protection Agency studied the toxicity of hexane extensively in the 1980s. [15]

  7. Paper straws are more likely to contain harmful forever ...

    www.aol.com/finance/paper-straws-more-likely...

    The researchers noted the amount of PFAS detected in the straws was overall low and hypothesized that contaminated soil in the making of plant-based straws (bamboo and paper) could have led to the ...

  8. Oil spill - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_spill

    Until the 1960s, the best method for remediation consisted of putting straw on the spill and retrieving the oil-soaked straw manually. [43] Chemical remediation is the norm as of the early 21st century, using compounds that can herd and thicken oil for physical recovery, disperse oil in the water, or facilitate burning the oil off. [43]

  9. Food loss and waste - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_loss_and_waste

    Food waste can also be used to produce multiple high-value products, such as a fish oil substitute for food or feed use via marine micro algae, [150] without compromising the ability to produce energy via biogas. The general consensus currently suggest that reducing food waste by either prevention or valorisation, for human consumption, infers ...