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The American Petroleum Institute, ChemRisk and BP: An "Independent" Study or Industry-Influenced Science?

In a segment of MSNBC’s the Ed Show focused on the ongoing human health effects of BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, Ed read from what he referred to as “BP’s Public Health Fact Sheet”, which states,

Scientific review points to ongoing health problems for oil spill survivors

Residents and clean-up workers exposed to the 2010 BP Oil Spill Catastrophe may experience adverse health affects for many years to come, according to a recently released review.   “The Adverse Health Effects of Oil Spills: A Review of the Literature and a Framework for Medically Evaluating Exposed Individuals,” written by Barry S. Levy and William J. Nassetta, analyzed 13 studies of health effects among clean-up workers and community residents exposed to past spills. 

Corexit Makes Oil Spills Worse, Not Better, Scientists Find

BP dispersed oil By Kiley Kroh, crossposted from ThinkProgress Green. In yet another alarming glimpse at the long-term effects of the BP disaster, the preliminary findings of two new studies show that the nearly two million gallons of t