Oil. Gulf Oil Spill and Potential Health Effects: People in Louisiana Fear Oil's Link to Illness. Dozens in Louisiana have been hospitalized with health problems blamed on airborne toxic chemicals in the air a month after oil began to flood the Gulf of Mexico from a broken BP pipeline.
Those exposed to the growing oil spill include residents, cleanup workers and those providing relief aid. Thus far, 71 have been hospitalized due to oil spill related health problems, according to the Louisiana state health department. And while some say chemicals in the oil itself are to blame, others speculate chemicals called dispersants being used to break up the massive slick could be playing a role. null One local fisherman was evacuated by helicopter to West Jefferson Medical Center in New Orleans from his boat after he reported feeling dizzy. "I was feeling weak and I had high blood pressure," the fisherman, who did not want to be identified, told West Jefferson Medical employees in an interview videotaped by the hospital.
Gulf Oil Slick's Impact on Swimmers However, according to Dr. Gulf Oil Spill Long-Term Health Effects: How Bad? As catastrophic as the Gulf oil spill has been for the region's environment and residents' livelihoods, experts say the impact of the disaster on human health and well-being has not even begun to be quantified.
Since April 20, when 11 workers died aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that went up in flames — an accident that has since spilled more than 100 million gal. of oil into the Gulf of Mexico — the toll in deaths directly attributable to the spill has remained unchanged. But things took a turn on Wednesday: William Allen Kruse, an Alabama fisherman who reluctantly took an oil-spill cleanup job with BP, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
He left no suicide note, and we'll likely never know why he took his own life, but friends told the media that he had been deeply troubled by the spill and the destruction it caused on the coast. JAMA: More Studies Needed of Oil Spill's Effects on Humans. Health Surveillance. Environmental Surveillance CDC has reviewed the results of EPA’s sampling efforts in response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
In our review, CDC has used information on the health effects associated with the chemicals detected in the EPA’s samples. CDC’s review is designed to determine whether these pollutants in your community may cause health problems. Read more... Please note: Following this report, new reports will be released less often. UPDATE: This information is current as of October 15, 2010, 4:00 PM ET. Crude Oil Spills and Health - Links to resources about chemicals, side effects, cleanup, and recovery. Featured Sites Return to top Overviews Health Information (See also Occupational Health) Coping with Disasters and Stress.
Food > Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Update. FDA operates a mandatory safety program for all fish and fishery products under the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the Public Health Service Act, and related regulations.
The FDA program includes research, inspection, compliance, enforcement, outreach and the development of regulations and industry guidance. FDA works closely with NOAA and the states whenever commercial fishing waters are closed for public health reasons and again when they are reopened to harvest. National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. Printed copies of the report can be obtained from The Government Printing Office , Amazon , and Barnes & Noble . The first printing of the Commission's Final Report contained the following typographical errors: P. 103, 2nd line in the final paragraph: currently reads "3000 foot plug"; should read "300 foot plug" P. 139, 1st line of the fourth paragraph: "prophesy" should read "prophecy" P. 305, 3rd line of first paragraph: currently reads "United States could pay an important leadership role"; should read "United States could play an important leadership role" These errors have been corrected in the electronic version of the report available on this web site and in the Government Printing Office's subsequent printings of the report.
GMRP_oil_spill_research. Response of the Federal Government to health issues(PP) NSF Rapid Reponse Research. Public Health schools respond. Deans and Faculty Participate in IOM Workshop to Obtain Input on the Gulf Longterm Followup of Cleanup Workers Study [September 22-23, 2010]LSU, Texas A&M Faculty Head Gulf Coast Consortium to Collect Health Data on Oil Spill Effects [August 17, 2010]SPH Deans, Faculty Present at IOM Meeting on "Assessing the Human Health Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill," June 22-23, 2010 [more] SPH Faculty Appointed to Panel to Support CDC Response to Oil Spill:Involved faculty include Dr.
Jennifer Horney (UNC) and Dr. Drs. Emery and Hacker have also given numerous television and radio interviews for media outlets such as: News Talk 710 KURV, radio station in Edinburg, TX; KRIV Channel 26 Television, Fox affiliate broadcasts to Houston; Super Talk Mississippi Radio Network, nine-affiliate stations; WRKF 89.3 FM, based in Baton Rouge, LA; WRNO 99.5 FM, based in New Orleans; and Fox Business News.
Resources on oil spills, response, and restoration: A selected bibliography.