26 апр. 2024 г. · The burning of fossil fuels in these refineries produces large amounts of carbon dioxide, one of the main greenhouse gases. In addition to CO2 ...

Factories like this oil refinery are a major source of air pollutants, including toxic metals, particulates, and many types of gases (nitrogen oxides, sulfur ...

26 сент. 2024 г. · Refineries emit a mix of dozens of toxic pollutants · The oil and gas industry is the largest industrial source of hazardous air pollutants.

Air pollution hazards: Petroleum refineries are a major source of hazardous and toxic air pollutants such as BTEX compounds (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and ...

Chemicals from oil refineries, such as ammonia, sulfides, phenol, and hydrocarbons, are present in oil refinery effluents in a variety of quantities.

20 окт. 2021 г. · Oil refineries are major sources of toxic air pollutants, including cancer-causing benzene, particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide ...

Refineries reported approximately 22,000 tons of hazardous air pollution to the U.S. Environmental Pro- tection Agency (EPA) in 2010. However, underreporting is.

3 июл. 2023 г. · Oil refineries also cause some degree of water pollution (although the degree to which this is true varies depending on technology and ...

11 апр. 2021 г. · Some adverse health effects living near a refinery include: increased risk of asthma, cancers, birth defects, neurological damage, cardiovascular damage, ...

26 янв. 2023 г. · The pollution includes heavy metals, nitrogen and other compounds that can kill aquatic animals, feed harmful algae and make waterways dangerous ...