James Cook (1728-1779) Famous For: Discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. An English captain who circumnavigated around the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. He made contact with the inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands, Australia, New Zealand, and around the Indian Ocean back to the Atlantic. He died while serving the Crown in Hawaii.
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection [DEP] relies on laboratory tests called EPH [Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons] and VPH [Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons] to test for the presence of gasoline or fuel oil in drinking water.
Issue Highlights. xThe abuse of volatile substances is a social problem in many countries. Volatile substances that can be abused include aliphatic, aromatic (glue, gasoline, dyes, adhesives, lacquers, paint removers), and halogenated hydrocarbons (spray paints, nail polish removers, typewriter correction fluids, propellants). There are various methods of abuse.