Long-Term Health Effects of BP Gulf Oil Spill Tough to Predict Wall Street Journal (blog) Thankfully, massive oil spills don't happen very often. But that means there's a lack of data on the long-term health effects of such … Florida Releases August 16, 2010 Gulf Oil Spill Situation UpdateGov Monitor Gulf Oil Spill Brings Concerns about Skin, Breathing Troubles and CancerBloomberg Human Health Impact of Oil Spill Still Largely UnknownTIME Washington Post –Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) –MedPage Today all 470 news articles »
Gulf Oil Spill Impacts Families, Children's Health eMaxHealth … than 1200 adults who live within 10 miles of the Gulf Coast in Louisiana and Mississippi to determine the impact of the oil disaster on their health. … Scientists criticize White House minimization of Gulf disasterWorld Socialist Web Site Defenders of Wildlife Reacts to NOAA Report on Gulf Oil DisastereNews Park Forest Oil spill enters new phase: restoring the Gulf, learning from the disasterNOLA.com FOX 4 News –USA Today –CMAJ all 11,916 news articles »
Ala. health dept. lifts swim advisories for Gulf Montgomery Advertiser Restrictions had been in place since an oil rig exploded off the Louisiana coast April 20, setting off a massive oil spill that fouled Gulf waters. … To swim or not to swim – the question for Alabama's Gulf CoastExaminer.com Gulf Coast Aid Art ProjectWAAY Gulf states now worry about restoring their imageMiamiHerald.com WHNT –WKRG-TV –The Decatur Daily (subscription) all 97 news articles »
Mental health claims from oil spill probably won't be paid Alaska Dispatch BP's billion fund to compensate those hurt by the Gulf oil spill will probably turn down one controversial class of claims: those for mental health … Marcia Heroux Pounds Sun Sentinel ColumnistOrlando Sentinel Florida bets on FeinbergCNNMoney State oil spill task force asks BP for 'our seafood is safe' marketing money …Destin Log Forbes (blog) –The Florida Independent (blog) –Bloomberg all 209 news articles »
EPA says tests show moderate health concerns with air 50 miles from Gulf oil spill
NEW ORLEANS – The Environmental Protection Agency says the air in some places along the Louisiana coast poses a health risk to vulnerable people. Read more on Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
Health risks to oil exposure largely unknownBRADENTON HERALD EDITORIAL | Clean-up job hunters should also be wary of …
With Manatee County’s 11.5 percent unemployment rate and a tight job market, any work that pays more than an hour will attract a major response. Read more on Bradenton Herald
While most of the news reports on BP’s oil geyser in the Gulf of Mexico have focused on the environmental impact of the oil, very few are talking about an equally serious issue, which is the impact this oil is going to have on human health. And to complicate the matter, BP is dumping dangerous dispersant chemicals on the oil that have been banned in other areas of the world because they can be even deadlier than the oil. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. talks about some of the potential impacts we could witness as a result of this oil spill with Dr. Riki Ott, one of the leading experts on the impact of oil spills on human health. Video Rating: 5 / 5
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