A lightweight splint used for immobilizing fractured or injured extremities. It is usually an inflatable cylinder, open at both ends, that becomes rigid when inflated, thus preventing the part confined in the cylinder from moving. Synonym: blow-up splint; inflatable splint.
In fact, a growing body of data indicates that fracking is an environmental and public health disaster in the making. However, the true toll of fracking does not end there. Frackingâs negative impacts on our environment and health come with heavy âdollars and centsâ costs as well.
Oil spills may impact the environment in the following ways: 1  Physical smothering of organisms: This is caused by oils with a high viscosity, in other words heavy oils. Smothering will affect an organismâs physical ability to continue critical functions such as respiration, feeding and thermoregulation.