Just as a detective can search for prints at a crime scene, so, too, can scientists detect an oil spill’s “fingerprints” to see if slicks found beyond the spill site came from the original location. | krixiasINQ
So while authorities try to contain the fallout, his work could lay the groundwork for environmental justice for the fisherfolk of Oriental Mindoro.
Samples collected from the town of Pola in Oriental Mindoro have been found “positive” by Cedre, which is described on its website as a French “nonprofit association” with “expertise in accidental water pollution.” He was one of the scientists involved in the chemical fingerprinting of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, which saw 4.4 million barrels of oil spread in the Gulf of Mexico.
Fingerprinting also helps in tracking changes in the chemical composition of the oil sample, Bacosa said.
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