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Machinery Lubrication May-June 2022

Machinery Lubrication magazine published by Noria Corporation

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36 | May - June 2022 | www . machinerylubrication.com Jeremie Edwards | Noria Corporation ENERGY CONSERVATION, HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT Factor: E1P Learn More: noria.com/ascend/ Factor: E1P — Energy Conser- vation, Health & Environmental Impact Level: Platform (P) Stage: Energy Conservation, Health & Environment About: Companies should carefully monitor their energy conservation and environmental impact. New and used lubricants can cause significant damage when not disposed of properly. More about this ASCEND ™ Factor Must be Something in the Water: Aqueous Toxicity A nybody who has work e d a ny w here that deals in larger volumes of oil (I'm talking anything over five gallons) knows that you never spill more than five gallons at a time. I'm not really sure where this number came from, but it generally holds true. e actual volumes can vary from state to state, country to country, where the oil is spilled (ground spill, water spill, concrete, etc.) or the actual type of lubricant. So, the five-gallon mark is a pretty conservative way of looking at this. If our biggest spill is five gallons, we likely won't need to report the spill to any alphabet organization and cause a whole lot of headache. Why do we even need to worry about spills? Well, it turns out that almost everything on earth needs water to live, and when we start introducing random stuff to the water supply, we start making that water unfit for consumption. In fact, there's a pretty good chance that the water will have stuff in it that will lead to major health concerns — ever heard of Flint, Michigan? Yeah yeah, I know; Flint's issues were caused by a number of things: lead pipes, contaminated water, organic and inorganic contaminants, trihalo- methanes, etc., but the comparison still holds true with groundwater and

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