{"id":1822,"date":"2015-10-22T17:20:38","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T16:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1822"},"modified":"2025-10-16T20:47:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T20:47:38","slug":"how-does-noaa-clean-up-oil-spills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1822","title":{"rendered":"How does NOAA help clean up oil and chemical spills?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1962b265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:16px;background-color:#21212178;min-height:0px;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/spill-response-sea.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"[aggregator] downloaded image for imported item #1822\" style=\"border-radius:15px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/spill-response-sea.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/spill-response-sea-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/spill-response-sea-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/spill-response-sea-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/spill-response-sea-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/spill-response-sea-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 1200px)) 100vw, min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 1200px)\" title=\"How does NOAA help clean up oil and chemical spills?\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><br \/>Just like we may need sponges, scrub brushes, and a disinfectant to expel a mess in our house or yard, emergency responders employ a variety of tools and techniques to remove oil and chemicals spilled in our rivers, bays, and oceans, and washed up on our shores.<\/p>\n<p>For more than 30 years, NOAA&#8217;s Office of Response and Restoration has played a leading role in the evolving science of hazardous materials (also known as &#8220;HAZMAT&#8221;) spill response. Check out our collection of THREE infographics for a clear explanation of this always complex process.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/spills-cleanup.html\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This  was originally published on https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/spills-cleanup.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Just like we may need sponges, scrub brushes, and a disinfectant to expel a mess in our house or yard, emergency responders employ a variety of tools and techniques to remove oil and chemicals spilled in our rivers, bays, and oceans, and washed up on our shores. For more than 30 years, NOAA&#8217;s Office [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1823,"parent":280,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1822","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1822"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2216,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1822\/revisions\/2216"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}