Are GULF FISHERMAN And Cleanup Workers Getting Sick From BP Disaster?

 People are being made sick in the Gulf because of the unprecedented release of oil and toxic chemicals from this past summer in response to BP's disaster, according to the article below. Apparently, they can have headaches, vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pains, chest pains and many other problems. These health issues sound like a potential long-term problem for BP.
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BP being blamed for fisherman and cleanup workers getting sick
New Orleans Environmental Health | Examiner.com:

James Miller, a commercial shrimper, lifelong fisherman in Mississippi and former BP oil response worker, is horribly sick.

'I've been vomiting, my head feels like it's going to explode, diarrhoea, and I keep passing out,' Miller, who worked in BP's so-called Vessels of Opportunity (VOO) oil response programme, said from his bed at Biloxi Regional Hospital on November 5.

A couple days before he got sick, James, his wife, and their dog was boating in the Gulf of Mexico, and all three of them got ill. They started showing symptoms of illness that evening.

It is not only the oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico but also the dispersant used in the cleanup that is causing people to become ill.

"The dispersants used in BP's draconian experiment contain solvents such as petroleum distillates and 2-butoxyethanol," Dr. Riki Ott, a toxicologist, marine biologist and Exxon Valdez survivor, said. "People are being made sick in the Gulf because of the unprecedented release of oil and toxic chemicals from this past summer in response to BP's disaster."

Pathways of exposure to the dispersants are inhalation, ingestion, skin and eye contact. Health impacts include headaches, vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pains, chest pains, respiratory system damage, skin sensitisation, hypertension, central nervous system (CNS) depression, neurotoxic effects, cardiac arrhythmia and cardiovascular damage. The chemicals are also teratogenic, mutagenic and carcinogenic.

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BP may have almost finished some of the required cleanups, but apparently they still have some very serious ongoing responsibilities. Please comment.


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