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2. Takeaways from AP's story on the BP oil spill medical ... - AOL

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   Takeaways from AP's story on the BP oil spill medical settlement's shortcomings. When the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in 2010 and spewed many millions of gallons of oil into the ...

3. Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill ... - AOL

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   The forms included a statement linking a patient's illness to oil spill work — with a line for the doctor to sign. ... But BP's experts maintained workers needed to show exactly how much oil and ...

4. Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Wikipedia

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   The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the "BP oil spill") was an environmental disaster which began on 20 April 2010, off the coast of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect, considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and estimated to be 8 to 31 percent larger in volume than the previous largest, the ...

5. Exxon Valdez oil spill - Wikipedia

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   1,300 mi (2,100 km) The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that made worldwide headlines in the spring of 1989 and occurred in Alaska 's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. The spill occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil supertanker owned by Exxon Shipping Company, bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William ...

6. Oil spill - Wikipedia

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   An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term is usually given to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters, but spills may also occur on land.

7. Health Effects of Oil Spills: What to Know - WebMD

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   One study looked at 88 oil spill cleanup workers initially after a spill and 7 years later. ... If you do boat or need to touch anything that may have oil on it, wear gloves and boots to protect ...