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Stomach-turning: “The Rape of Grand Isle” — Large crane appears to be dumping oiled shoreline sand into ocean (VIDEO)

May 23rd, 2011 at 05:15 AM

Exclusive Video: The Rape of Grand Isle, Stuart Smith, May 19, 2011:

"Oil Spill Crews Suffer Mystery Illnesses" -- We are seeing more and more people who are desperately ill

April 18th, 2011 at 03:18 PM

"Some doctors in Louisiana are seeing a rise in persistently painful signs of sicknesses they can't pinpoint" ... Read more >>

Cleanup worker: Two guys passed out on the deck of my boat… just dropped — “I don’t know if they made it” (VIDEO)

April 15th, 2011 at 12:32 PM

Testimonial of Louis Bayhi, LEAN, April 12, 2011 ... Read more >>

Mayor: Tons of tarballs washing up on Alabama beaches

April 13th, 2011 at 11:33 AM

"Elected leaders... want the oil giant to to keep cleaning equipment near the beaches in case a storm dredges up oil off the floor of the Gulf of Mexico." ... Read more >>

US officials caught spending Gulf oil spill clean-up funds on gadgets

April 12th, 2011 at 08:38 AM

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Field of tarballs on Florida Panhandle beach (VIDEO)

April 11th, 2011 at 07:27 PM

Field Of Tarballs, 44gulfwaters, April 10, 2011 ... Read more >>

Cleanup worker's widow describes husband's battle with a type of Leukemia linked to crude oil exposure (VIDEO)

April 11th, 2011 at 08:27 AM

Physician: Many more people are sick from suspected oil-related illnesses but scared to speak out or seek medical help

April 10th, 2011 at 11:23 AM

Locals air worries on spill’s health effects, Daily Comet, April 10, 2011 ... Read more >>

BP buys barrier island off Mississippi coast — “It’s easier to deal with it when it’s not privately owned”

April 8th, 2011 at 03:01 PM

"The purchase will help it expedite cleanup of the islands in the wake of the BP oil spill" ... Read more >>

Severely ill cleanup worker Clayton Matherne receives dedication — 1000s more suffering like him (VIDEO)

April 4th, 2011 at 06:12 AM

Cherri's Message for Clayton Matherne, Project Gulf Impact, April 3, 2011: ... Read more >>

Cleanup worker Clayton Matherne’s symptoms: Lost half of eyesight, coughing up blood all the time, temporary paralysis… more (VIDEO)

April 2nd, 2011 at 06:00 AM

Mr. Matherne has asked LEAN to publish his story in hopes that it will help others who are suffering know that they are not alone and for those who are not aware of their plight that assistance is greatly needed ... Read more >>

Tears: Sickened cleanup worker praying that God will just let him die (VIDEO)

April 1st, 2011 at 09:28 PM

Clayton Matherne, April 1 ... Read more >>

P2S Foreman: Two people from my cleanup crew have died in last two months (VIDEO)

March 29th, 2011 at 07:22 PM

Current TV: Thousands of Gulf Oil Spill clean-up crew are dying (VIDEO)

March 21st, 2011 at 04:48 PM

Thousands of Gulf Oil Spill clean-up crew are dying! Video of the dying!, Current TV, March 20, 2011 ... Read more >>

33-year-old dead after two weeks working BP cleanup and swimming at Florida Panhandle beach

March 9th, 2011 at 02:14 PM

"Aside from some gloves, BP provided no personal protection for them. He worked for them for two weeks and then died on August 23. He had just got his first paycheck, and it was in his wallet, uncashed, when he died." ... Read more >>

27-inch thick layer of oil-contaminated sand found -- Researcher hypothesizes they are digging holes and burying it (VIDEO)

March 5th, 2011 at 06:01 PM

Surfrider Foundation: BP Oil Disaster UV Testing Program, bluemountainsurfer, February 28, 2011:

Support Surfrider Foundation, Emerald ... Read more >>

“Bogus” claim made by leader of BP-funded cleanup worker health study says legal expert

March 4th, 2011 at 07:09 AM

Bogus Disclaimer on Oil Spill Health Study: Lead Researcher Says “We Can Never Demonstrate Exact ... Read more >>

Another cleanup worker blinded — Doctor: “I am most certain that the toxins that are in his blood attacked his optic nerves”

March 2nd, 2011 at 01:32 PM

"We were orange. Literally, orange and it didn't wash off because this stuff was going in our pores, our eyes, ears, mouth" ... Read more >>

Cleanup worker with terrible pain is crying himself to sleep — Internal bleeding (VIDEO)

March 2nd, 2011 at 09:29 AM

Marylee Orr has served as the Executive Director for the Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN) over the last 22 years. Orr mentions that LEAN is offering blood testing to those who've been exposed to the oil disaster. ... Read more >>

Cleanup worker "directly sprayed" multiple times with Corexit, family swam in water — Now many health problems (VIDEO)

February 27th, 2011 at 09:07 PM

In Discussion with David Gibbons, February 25, 2011:

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40 percent of the organisms did not survive BP’s beach ‘cleanup’

February 27th, 2011 at 09:55 AM

Oil spill cleanup on beach scaling back, Pensacola News Journal, February 27, 2011:

... Last year, ... Read more >>

Cleanup worker having SEIZURES after diagnosed with benzene poisoning — Coughing up chunks of meat, black stuff coming out of nose & ears, lost half of eyesight

February 24th, 2011 at 01:59 PM

Oil-spill health impact studied, Daily Comet, February 24, 2011:

... “What is your research going to ... Read more >>

Research Tests: Corexit is reponsible for most volatile compounds that cleanup workers were exposed to — “Very interesting” (VIDEO)

February 21st, 2011 at 04:12 PM

Toxic Tide - Discovering the Health Effects of the Deepwater Disaster, Part 2, Living on ... Read more >>

GRAPHIC: Cleanup worker hospitalized and violently ill — James ‘Catfish’ Miller (VIDEOS)

February 21st, 2011 at 06:57 AM

Warning Graphic - This is What Happens When You Are Infected With Gulf Toxins, deniselngbch, ... Read more >>

Cleanup worker Jennifer Rexford hospitalized: Loss of feeling in right side

February 19th, 2011 at 08:12 AM

Cleanup worker Jennifer Rexford has been admitted to Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville, Florida and ... Read more >>

BP, Feds say NO further treatment? Oil anywhere you look on Orange Beach — “They’re going to leave us high and dry” says official (VIDEO)

February 16th, 2011 at 08:12 AM

Beach Communities Worry BP Leaving Town, WKRG, February 15, 2011:

... [A] 35 page report prepared ... Read more >>

“Massive submerged oil tarmats” remain in Gulf waters admits Coast Guard — “More toxic than tarballs” (VIDEO)

February 14th, 2011 at 09:03 AM

Coast Guard Oil Cleanup Report, WEAR, February 13, 2011:

[T]he Coast Guard is saying that a ... Read more >>

“Football field” of submerged crude found on Florida beach; Officials say “oil washing onshore everyday” — BP claims “the sand is clean” (VIDEO)

February 12th, 2011 at 11:10 PM

BP Beach Cleanup, WEAR ABC 3, February 12, 2011:

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... BP is now saying the ... Read more >>

Report: Oil blowing inland after heavy ‘cleanup’ equipment and sifters grind it into fine bits — “A most alarming development” (PHOTOS)

February 10th, 2011 at 06:45 AM

Ft. Morgan 2-3 mile marker oil update, SkyTruth Gulf Oil Spill Tracker, February 9, 2011:

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More cleanup workers come forward: “Massive health problems”, constant swelling, fluid in lungs, kidney problems, lumps (VIDEOS)

January 31st, 2011 at 08:48 AM

JMRexford's Channel, January 30, 2011:

Donna Digby summary:

Massive health problems, swelling constantly, skin itches constantly, ... Read more >>

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