Deepwater Horizon

The cost of clean-up: Oil spill responders in the Gulf of Mexico exposed to chemical dispersants now have health issues

March 27, 2018 -

Posted by Edsel Cook

(Natural News) Cleaning up oil spills is always a dirty and dangerous job, but a new study revealed its hidden health cost. According to Environmental Health Perspectives, two of the chemical dispersants used to clear up the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010 have been linked to numerous health problems reported by oil spill response crews after the […]

in: Environment, Fossil fuel, Health, Toxic chemicals

The big 2010 oil spill killed aquatic life and ecosystems; now it’s killing the cleanup crew

September 24, 2017 -

Posted by Frances Bloomfield

(Natural News) The dispersants used during the cleanup of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill have made the cleanup workers sick. This was the conclusion that federal scientists came to in their study that was published in Environmental Health Perspectives. The report is a part of the ongoing Gulf Long-term Follow-up (GuLF) study being spearheaded […]

in: Environment, Health, Oceans & marine life, Toxic chemicals, Water Health

Remember the BP Deepwater Horizon oil catastrophe? The oil was eaten up by ocean microbes (because Mother Nature heals itself)

July 14, 2017 -

Posted by Isabelle Z.

(Natural News) When the oil drilling rig, known as Deepwater Horizon, that was operating off the Gulf of Mexico around 40 miles from the Louisiana coast suddenly exploded and sank in April 2010, 11 people died and oil began to spill into the ocean a mile blow its surface. In just three months, the BP […]

in: accidents, Energy, Environment, Environment, Oceans & marine life