14 years since the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill...

Hundreds of thousands of people are likely suffering from health impacts — long-term illnesses — not only from the disaster itself, but from the millions of gallons of chemical dispersants used to “clean up” the oil spill.

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PRESS RELEASE: ALERT and Friends of San Juans to Co-Host Oil Spill Response Public Engagement Event

October 15, 2024

On Saturday, October 26, 4:00 PM at Brickworks, oil spill veteran and activist Dr. Riki…

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[BBC] The biggest oil spill in US history: What we’ve learned since Deepwater Horizon

October 14, 2024

Fourteen years after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, would we fare any better at cleaning…

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The Lori B Experience – “All This Awfulness”

August 22, 2024

After she was directly sprayed by Corexit 9527A on August 21, 2010, Alabama resident Lori…

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A Call to Action! Contact EPA and Your STATE to Ban Corexit Dispersants
Military aircraft drops toxic oil-dispersing chemicals into the Gulf of Mexico May 5, 2010, as part of the Deepwater Horizon Response effort. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)
Military aircraft drops toxic oil-dispersing chemicals into the Gulf of Mexico May 5, 2010, as part of the Deepwater Horizon Response effort. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)

On August 19, 2024, ALERT and allies petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the new truth-in-reporting rules to remove toxic Corexit oil dispersants from the list of products authorized for use in oil spill response, based on known human health impacts. Removing them would ban use in the United States.

ALERT and allies also advocated that the United Nations remove discontinued Corexit products from its hazard communications system, of which the United States is a party, and to adopt truth-in-reporting guidelines like in the United States to ensure countries have accurate and current information to make informed choices. Removing them would ban use globally.

Hear from the people who lived through the disaster

Exactly 10 years since the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, ALERT hosted a series of live interviews to raise awareness about the ongoing suffering and chronic illnesses of those who lived and worked near the disaster.

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The ALERT Project is a project of Earth Island Institute, a nonprofit organization incorporated under the laws of California. Earth Island’s mission is to support environmental action projects and build the next generation of environmental leaders to achieve solutions to environmental crises threatening the survival of life on Earth.