Post-traumatic stress disorder is a collection of debilitating symptoms caused by exposure to a highly traumatic event. Most recognized cases of PTSD are related to wartime experiences or other personal trauma, such as rape, a house fire or witnessing a fatal accident. Many years after BP’s Deepwater Horizon spilled 200 million barrels of crude oil 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 »
Two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, an investigative report published in The Nation revealed that healthcare providers had stopped counting how many residents of the region were showing signs of illness caused by the spill, many of them infants and children. In matters of health and wellness, children Read More »
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the government agency responsible for monitoring and protecting the condition of our air, water, soil and natural food supply. The agency is charged with responding to climate change, banning toxins that find their way into our air, water and food, and responding to and monitoring the management 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 »
Exposure to five million barrels of crude oil, which contains benzene, a known carcinogen. Working with two million gallons of chemical dispersants, which are linked to numerous health problems, including skin and respiratory ailments ― without the required protective clothing and equipment. A general increased risk of cancer and leukemia, kidney and liver damage, blood Read More »
If you, a family member or friend worked the BP Oil Spill Cleanup and have experienced any medical issues you may be entitled to compensation for you health issues. Contact us today for a free initial consultation about what our practice can do for you The Downs Law Group is uniquely well qualified to help Read More »
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 »
This article is discussing what we have been saying for over a year now. The BP Oil Spill Cleanup Workers are sick and dying do to the toxic chemicals they handled well cleaning up the oil spill. Please read this article. “People hired to clean up Gulf of Mexico beaches and marshes during the 2010 Read More »