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 »
By JAMES L. ROSICA Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. April 20, 2013 (AP) The state of Florida filed a lawsuit Saturday against oil company BP and cement contractor Halliburton over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, becoming the fourth state to seek damages for the 2010 disaster. The suit, among other things, faults BP for not changing Read More »
Although BP is spending millions on advertising telling everyone the Gulf Coast is fine, it is not. The impact of the nation’s largest environmental disaster is continuing to hurt the Gulf Coast’s environment, economy and its people’s on-going health. The clean-up workers, thousands of local Gulf Coast residents and the thousands that came to help Read More »
Many years after the BP Gulf oil spill (also known as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill), the full magnitude of the environmental, economic and human health effects of this major disaster remain unknown. What we do know is the BP oil spill clean up workers and the shoreline residents of the Gulf coast are sick Read More »
The news broadcast below shows the health issues the cleanup workers from the BP oil spill have faced and continue to face. BP, although agreeing to a settlement for these workers, still has not taken responsiblity or addressed the more seriouis health conditions the oil spill clean up workers will be facing. http://www.wwltv.com/news/Some-oil-spill-cleanup-workers-say-exposure-to-chemicals-left-them-sick-207820271.html Downs Law Read More »