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Years After Oil Spill, Report Finds Increase in Respiratory Problems & Cancer Risk in Workers

Gina Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Workersafety, Gulfspill, Prestige Oil Spill, Respiratory, Workerprotection, Chromosomal Damage, Oil, Inflammation, Breathing, Mutagens, Green News
Gina Solomon

In November 2002, the oil tanker Prestige broke apart and sank, spilling about 20 million gallons of bunker oil off the coast of northern Spain. Worke...

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Health Effects of the Gulf Oil Spill: JAMA Commentary

Gina Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Gulfspill, Shrimp, Respiratory, Health, Workerprotection, Fish, Oil, Cancer, Seafood, Green News
Gina Solomon

Today the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published a Commentary on the health effects of the Gulf oil spill that I wrote along wit...

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Oil Spills and Human Health: Lessons from History

Gina Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Gulfspill, Rash, Occupation, Health, Respiratory, Workerprotection, Oil, Headache, Illness, Green News
Gina Solomon

Oil spill clean-up brings workers and volunteers into close contact with chemicals that are known to be hazardous to human health.  As we deal with t...

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Respirators for Some Gulf Workers, Finally!

Gina Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Oil, Gulf Spill, Occupation, Respiratory, Health, Workerprotection, Green News
Gina Solomon

Are the latest respirator recommendations adequate to protect clean-up workers? I'm not sure they are, but I'm glad that at least some of the brave workers out there will have the benefit of respirators if they need them.

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