Expenses a company has when it drills for oil or natural gas. Intangible drilling costs are sometimes convenient for a company's tax purposes because it can deduct intangible drilling costs in one year when the company perhaps found little or no oil from profits made in a different year when the company does find oil.
Bruce Lanphear, a professor at Simon Fraser University and also an expert in lead toxicity, said Edwards not only studies the impact of lead in water, but he makes his testing available to communities in need, like he did in Flint.
Update: Flint officials say 'abnormal' test to blame in E. coli scare. Flint officials have ramped up testing in the boil-water area, a half-mile square area on the city's west side, since a positive test for fecal coliform bacteria on Thursday, Aug. 14.LINT, MI -- A second water sample in an area where residents have been told to boil their drinking water has tested positive for total coliform, meaning owners of businesses and residents there should continue to boil water until further notice -- at least until Wednesday, Aug. 19. We don't know yet what caused this.