Environment water pollution oil spill

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The Environment

Oil runoff and drainage into our water system

On Oct 5, 1998, Macleans magazine wrote a cover feature story on the environmental crisis of land based oil pollution - based on recent scientific evidence that the greatest source of water pollution in the world is due to oil runoff and drainage into our water systems. Subsequent scientific reports by American and other environmental government agencies support those findings. Click here to see video

The photo on this page illustrates the environmental impact of a small underground leak from a home oil tank. Courtesy of Richard Boase, District of North Vancouver, BC, Environmental Enforcement Officer.

Oil pollution from the parking lots of shopping malls and of office buildings and apartments
A major contributor to this chronic waste stream is the transportation industry. Studies of urban streams and water bodies have indicated a hydrocarbon level as high as eight times the expected base level. The largest concentration of petroleum hydrocarbon contamination is found in the parking lots of shopping malls and of office buildings and apartments. This contamination is finding its way into the water system by natural means (rain) and is being compounded by man made attempts to clean parking stalls using strong detergents and chemicals that are flushed down the drain with the oil.

Now, we have Oillift!
Getting oil off the driveway has always been a problem. Some cleaners just spread it out. Others eat away at the driveway surface.
Finally a fellow came up with an interesting ecologically sound idea. Create a liquid that will soak into the oil to lift the oil up into a water suspension where it can be soaked up or flushed away.
Most other cleaners simply dilute the oil and often spread out the mess. Oillift actually lifts the oil up into a suspension that doesn't redeposit the oil a few inches away. This mixture can be flushed into the lawn or gravel and the natural bacteria will break down the oil.
And Oillift itself is biodegradable! Meaning that it doesn't add to the pollution problem you're trying to clean up. Effective and ecologically sound. That's two birds with one stone!" -Jon Eakes
For more details on my Reader's Digest August 2005 article about driveways click here to learn about how to remove oil stains from your driveway with Oillift .

Testimonial

While we were out of town,our cleaning people used MINERAL OIL on all our woodwork and furniture!!! If you have ever put mineral oil on wood,then you know that it leaves a sticky,gunky residue that NOTHING will remove.We were distraught.

We tried EVERYTHING... long story short.

I went from refinisher to refinisher in Victoria BC asking for their recommendation.

Finally,at one company,a young,female refinisher told me that,while she herself had no experience with the product,she had listened to a radio show that touted Oil Lift as a Breakthrough product for oil removal-and was non-toxic and non-damaging.I immediately ran home and read about it on the internet.I was impressed and convinced that I should try it on our "problem".

Well,it worked like a charm,and saved all our furniture and woodwork.Since then,I have been promoting your product every chance I get. Now,I use it mostly to clean the grease that builds up in my stove filters,and I also use it on any oil stains in my garage.I LOVE this product. Irene Kopel,Victoria,BC Now,I use it mostly to clean the grease that builds up in my stove filters,and I also use it on any oil stains in my garage.I LOVE this product. Irene Kopel,Victoria,BC