Sentences with phrase «spill cleanup workers»

While the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is conducting health monitoring for spill cleanup workers, residents in the areas closest to the spill are concerned that their own health problems have gone unattended.

Not exact matches

Consider a company such as New Pig that produces absorbents for industrial use that are utilized for spill response, handling various toxic materials, filtering liquids and keeping workers safe while they tackle tough industrial cleanups.

In the five years since the spill, Subra believes not nearly enough has been done to address the health consequences faced by the cleanup workers, their families and thousands of Gulf Coast residents.

MONDAY, August 23 (Health.com)-- Cleanup workers exposed to spilled oil may be at long - term risk for breathing trouble and other health problems, according to a new study examining the aftereffects of a 2002 oil spill in Spain.

Although the Prestige spill may not be a perfect comparison, it still highlights the need to safeguard cleanup workers in the U.S., Dr. Solomon says.

The study results «indicate that participation in the cleanup of oil spills can have undesirable effects on health,» says the lead researcher, Joan Albert Barberà, MD, but he stresses that the cleanup workers in the study weren't sick.

Liable parties must bring in specialized equipment and massive groups of workers to conduct cleanups, as well as fund studies on the impacts of a spill, and remain tied to the damages years after cleanup is completed.

With BP in the news for their lies about the safety of chemical dispersant used during the Gulf oil spill, it is hard not to think that Exxon is also lying to the public and their cleanup workers about the safety of the air and water poisoned by this spill.

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Which is why fishermen and charter boat captains who've lost their livelihoods, volunteer cleanup workers from around the Gulf who are sick at the thought of their beaches getting coated with oil, and environmental groups of every stripe working to protect gravely threatened ecosystems should come together to stop the spill: Let's do it for the tired, beleaguered Tony.

Let's see what they have been up to: Texas product liability firm, Hissy Kientz LLP, added a new key practice area to its main website, on lawsuits by the cleanup workers of the BP oil spill.