Update on potential risk to human health from BP catastrophe in the Gulf

TheCypressTimes.com ^ | 05/04/2010 | Staff

[Patriot1259]

Research indicates that significant public health impact is not unprecedented from a major oil spill on the water. Commercial fishermen and shrimpers have filed a class-action lawsuit against BP and owners of the oil rig for economic losses stemming from the disaster. The lawsuit will also seek requisite protective equipment, training and air monitoring for response workers.

Mr. Smith released the following statement:

“Reports of chemical exposures have come to my office by those responding to the spill. It is absolutely essential that appropriate personal protective equipment, including VOC respirators, and training be provided to those volunteers responding to the spill. We have been informed that this was not necessarily a step taken in the Exxon Valdez incident and many of the fisherman and volunteer responders became ill. As a result, the Gulf Oil Disaster Recovery Group will be amending our injunctive relief claims to require the provisioning of personal protective equipment and training to all those responding to the spill, and requiring immediate monitoring of the air discharges.”

[cripplecreek]

Every day a new potential crisis arises from this spill.

Personally I’m going to follow Haley Barbour’s lead on this one. Something about a rational voice amid the screaming panic is quite comforting.

http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=12416600

[Nobel_1]

First-hand account of accident on WBAP / Dallas
http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?hpf=1&a_id=92765