$10 million for Study of Oil Spill Health Issues - BP

 BP are getting hit with more expenses again. This time to study health-related issues with regard to the gulf coast oil spill. I guess they have so many long-term commitments there that it'll be many many years before they can put it behind them.
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BP provides $10 million for a study of health issues related to Gulf oil spill

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HOUSTON, TEXAS (BNO NEWS) – BP on Tuesday announced that it will provide $10 million to support a study of public health issues related to the Gulf oil spill and other related health research.

The fund will be awarded to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under its Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GRI), a 10-year, $500 million independent research program established by BP to better understand and mitigate the environmental and potential health effects of the Gulf oil spill.

BP provided the funds to expedite work in support of the research priorities identified at the Institute of Medicine (IOM) workshop commissioned by the Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and included in the IOM report "Assessing the Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill on Human Health," released last August 10.

With the funding, NIH will be able to build on efforts by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Unified Command. It is also intended to support the immediate needs of researchers in understanding potential acute and long-term health impacts of exposures to oil, dispersed oil and dispersants

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