Assessing the Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill on Human Health

Author: Institute of Medicine
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0309157811
Category: Medical

Assessing the Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill on Human Health: A Summary of the June 2010 Workshop

From the origin of the leak, to the amount of oil released into the environment, to the spill's duration, the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill poses unique challenges to human health. Download Assessing the Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill on Human Health medical books for free.
The risks associated with extensive, prolonged use of dispersants, with oil fumes, and with particulate matter from controlled burns are also uncertain. There have been concerns about the extent to which hazards, such as physical and chemical exposures and social and economic disruptions, will impact the overall health of people who live and work near the area of the oil spill. Although studies of previous oil spills provide some basis for identifying and mitigating the human health effects of these exposures, the existing data are insufficient to fully understand Get Assessing the Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill on Human Health our bestseller medical books.

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The risks associated with extensive, prolonged use of dispersants, with oil fumes, and with particulate matter from controlled burns are also uncertain Although studies of previous oil spills provide some basis for identifying and mitigating the human health effects of these exposures, the existing data are insufficient to fully understand

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