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Public Health Studies
Chemical Sensitivity Mechanisms
Studies on Previous Spills
Worker Health Studies
Exposure modeling studies
Exposure effects studies
Respiratory impacts:
- Chen et al., 2022
- Rusiecki et al., 2022
- Lawrence et al., 2022
- Alexander et al., 2018
- McGowan et al., 2017
Skin impacts:
Respiratory/Skin sensitization:
Neurological Impacts:
Blood Impacts
Cardiovascular Impacts:
Endocrine & hormonal Impacts:
Offspring of workers:
- Hall et al., 2023
- See also: Public Health Studies
Government Publications and Records
Concludes there is a causal relationship between oil spill exposures and neurological and cardiovascular harm. (Studies finding a causal relationship between oil spill exposures and respiratory harm were published too late to be reviewed). Many new disease pathways and mechanisms are described in wildlife and human health sections.
Acknowledges that emergency disaster responders are getting sick below levels of pollutants thought to be "safe." Introduces "uncertain exposures" from chemical mixtures and recommends pre-, during, and post- deployment health monitoring (of individual workers) and surveillance (of the population of workers) to supplement air quality studies to better assess health risk.
National Archive and Administration Records (NARA) on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster.
Court Documents
BP Deepwater Horizon Multi-District Litigation (MDL 2179)
Multi-district litigation rewards plaintiffs’ attorneys with a common benefits fee, whether they win or lose their cases. The fee is negotiated with and paid by the defendants. Concerned citizens recommend tying lead lawyers' common-benefits fees to the benefit those attorneys actually confer on the plaintiffs.
Lead attorneys receive $87 million each in the BP oil spill MDL 2179, Times Picayune,
4/13/2017
Plaintiffs’ attorneys to share $680 million in the BP oil spill MDL 2179, Times Picayune,
10/27/2016
MDL 2179, Eastern District of Louisiana
The court ruled that BP had no “duty” to initiate a worker health monitoring program. This rule prevails in future disasters until either the regulatory agencies or Congress establishes a duty to conduct such a program to protect the health of emergency disaster responders.
MDL 2179, Northern District of Florida, Pensacola Division
Reveals how BP contrived to avoid conducting worker health programs recommended by three federal agencies to adequately assess workers’ health risk from toxic exposures.
547-Exhibit 6: Greg Lotz (CDC/NIOSH/DART) email, 6/24/2010 at 1.
Reveals why BP’s air quality monitoring program was insufficient to assess worker exposures.
quality monitoring program was about public perception.