In June 2013, the Coast Guard and BP declared the $14 billion post-Deepwater Horizon spill cleanup effort over in the states of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. Official reports say the area is as close to pre-spill conditions as possible, although it is still far from clean. Three years after the spill, Coast Guard spokeswoman Lt. Read More »
As the years pass, there is now ample evidence that the damage from Corexit ― the dispersant sprayed onto the crude oil following the 2010 BP Oil Spill ― is not limited to only immediate and short-term effects. Corexit is now implicated in long-term and reproductive illnesses as well. In the year following the spill, Read More »
Following the tragic BP Oil Spill along the Gulf of Mexico, an oil dispersant called Corexit was sprayed onto the water’s surface at a rate of one gallon of Corexit to 91 gallons of Louisiana crude. A large oil spill, but by no means the largest in history, was followed by a cleanup effort that Read More »
In the corporate panic to contain the largest spill of crude oil in U.S. history and the need to maintain a positive public media image, BP sprayed an unprecedented amount of the chemical dispersant Corexit into the Gulf of Mexico. Years later, the toxic compound of Corexit and crude oil continues to affect the quality Read More »
The road to recovery for Gulf Coast zone residents and oil spill clean-up workers has been a long one — and stands to be even lengthier as growing numbers of long-term health issues are diagnosed. Anyone making a claim for health benefits knows the forms are complicated and difficult to understand. Here are definitions for Read More »