2016), about two-thirds of adults are now overweight and over 100,000 U.S. deaths per year are attributed to obesity (Ogden et al.,2014). With obesity rates having tripled in many U.S. states over the past 25 years, this rise in obesity prevalence has...
For example, the estimated deaths due to accidents per ton-mile of shipped petroleum products are 87%, 4% and 2.7% higher using truck, ship and rail, respectively, compared to using pipelines [4]. However, as transporting hazardous substances using miles-long pipelines has become popular ...