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She is also a Member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Natural and accidental oil spills have long-term consequences Scholars, Artists and Scientists, and a lead scientist for the environment, the economy and human and animal for the Multi-Partner Oil Spill Research Initiative, a health. [...] Second, her research has led to the creation of biologically based and environmentally friendly products for mitigating the effects of oil spills. [...] New bioproducts Impact on coastal communities A major contribution to oil-spill response that has come out of research at CERL is the production of new types of biosurfactants, which are the key Canada has the longest coastline in the world. [...] Improving regulatory practices The Government of Canada has identified the protection of the country’s oceans and coastlines as a national priority. [...] This technology has caught the attention of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and may help the department improve its science-based regulatory operations and decision making on marine oil spill response and wastewater treatment.