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Tag Archives: NIEHS

Organizations Trying to Help Oil Spill Victims

The following organizations have been actively involved in assuring that victims of the BP Oil Spill receive the medical benefits to which they are entitled. These organizations, and many others, are working at the political, administrative, research, legal, and grassroots levels to assure that you and your family are provided with the long-term and immediate Read More »

The Hidden Effects of the BP Oil Spill on the Spanish Community

One of the untold stories behind the BP oil spill was the makeup of those who conducted the cleanup’s dirty work. Most of the workers who cleaned up the spill are first generation “disaster migrants” from the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Honduras and Guatemala — they migrate to wherever there are jobs, such as Read More »

The Mass Study of Workers Affected by Oil Spills

The largest study of oil workers in history is currently being conducted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), a division of the National Institutes of Health. In 2011, the NIEHS began enrolling individuals who were hired by BP Oil in 2010 for cleanup efforts following the massive oil spill caused by the Read More »