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The GuLF Study, or Gulf Long-term Follow-up Study, is a five-year research project examining the human-health consequences of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010. [1] The spill followed an explosion on a drilling rig leased by BP , the British oil company, and led to the release of over four million barrels of oil into the Gulf of ...
When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of ...
Hundreds of members of the Yakama Nation tribe were offered $40-an-hour jobs related to the Gulf oil spill as well as room and board. To participate, the prospective employees had to provide their ...
As the largest marine oil spill in history, the potential for physical, psychological, and socioeconomic difficulties and long term effects remain unknown. Considering the number of residents and clean-up workers exposed, it has been seen as the most demanding on-water response in U.S. history.
Two years after the spill, a study initiated by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health found biomarkers matching the oil from the spill in the bodies of cleanup workers. [citation needed] Other studies have reported a variety of mental health issues, skin problems, breathing issues, coughing, and headaches. [250]
He first signed up with The Nations Law Firm, based in Houston, but dropped them in 2016 when legal fees shrank his $1,300 check from a class-action settlement between BP and cleanup workers ...
Workers carry bags of seagrass mixed with tar balls from a beach at St Andrews State Park in Panama City, June 21st, 2010. The tar balls are suspected to be from the BP oils spill in the Gulf of ...
National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling begins two days of hearings at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside [109] July 15 – BP test cuts off all oil pouring into the Gulf at 2:25 pm. [110] However Thad Allen cautions that it is likely that containment operations will resume following the test. [111]