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BENZENE NEWS COVERAGE

BENZENE NEWS COVERAGE. Unregulated Gas Gathering Lines and Benzene Contamination in Fort Worth, TX. Benzene. Is It Near You Health Effects Reducing Exposure Cleanup of Contamination Stopping The Pollution. Benzene. Is It Near You?.

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BENZENE NEWS COVERAGE

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  1. BENZENE NEWS COVERAGE

  2. Unregulated Gas Gathering Lines and Benzene Contamination in Fort Worth, TX

  3. Benzene Is It Near You Health Effects Reducing Exposure Cleanup of Contamination Stopping The Pollution

  4. Benzene Is It Near You?

  5. Detected LeaksStephens Co. SCR 138SCR 137SCR 122SH 207SH 717 Eastland Co.ECR 330ECR 164ECR 342ECR 335

  6. Benzene What Do You Look For?

  7. DEAD SPOTS IN GRASS 442 PPB

  8. LEAKING COMPRESSORS 4320 PPB

  9. LEAKING PIPES AROUND COMPRESSORS

  10. LEAKING OIL STORAGE TANKS 407 PPB

  11. How Are We Exposed?

  12. How Are We Exposed? • Inhalation • Drip/Condensate vapors • Vapors from contaminated steam during showering or cooking • Ingestion • Contaminated groundwater • Skin Contact • Dirt • Contaminated surface water

  13. Health Effects:

  14. Health Effects: Acute Inhalation • Drowsiness • Dizziness • Fast heart rate • Headache • Tremors • Confusion • Unconsciousness • Death

  15. Health Effects: Ingestion – High Level • Food or water • Nausea/vomiting • Stomach irritation • Dizziness • Sleepiness • Convulsions • Fast heart rate • Death

  16. Health Effects: Skin Contact • Redness • Sores • Eye irritation

  17. Health Effects: Chronic • Decreased blood production • Inability to fight infection • Cancer: Acute myeloid leukemia • Low birth weight • Delayed fetal bone formation • Injury to reproductive organs leading to infertility and difficulty getting pregnant

  18. How to Reduce Risk

  19. How to Reduce Risk • Avoid breathing or ingesting vapors • Wear protective respiratory equipment and gloves • Ensure adequate ventilation where fumes are present • Report leaks at once • Require all road crossings to be cased

  20. Cleanup of Contamination

  21. Finding The Leak

  22. Soil Removal

  23. Soil Treatment

  24. Soil Survey

  25. Soil Survey

  26. GOALS • CLEAN UP THE LAND • Water: 5 parts per billion (ppb) • Air: 0.4 ppb • Goal for both air and water: 0 ppb • Stop the pollution

  27. How Do We Stop The Pollution?

  28. Inspect Your Land

  29. Call the Railroad Commission

  30. Call Your State Representatives

  31. 311 Hotline • Mandate city mapping • Mandate cased crossings • Mandate compressor inspections

  32. KEEP TEXAS SAFE Report Pollution

  33. QUESTIONS ?

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