Hospice gets funding to counsel Gulf residents using "bereavement specialist" -- Mission is to provide help "during times of life-limiting illnesses"

After oil spill, Covenant Hospice expands reach with Pepsi grant, Destin Log, November 28, 2010:

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“Problem is continuing to exacerbate” — 50% of all people survey on Alabama coast “invited to begin treatment”

“We’re hearing many stories of financial ruin and people losing everything they worked for,” said Robin Riggins, executive director of the Baldwin County Mental Health Center. ... Read more >>

Shrimp tested by toxicologist “would be in violation and wouldn’t be on the market” if Feds used standards set for previous oil spills

"The current FDA protocol allows much higher concentrations of PAHs than the government used for the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989 and other previous oil spills." ... Read more >>

"Genetically engineered" strain of E. coli bacteria used to detect oil

"Bacteria to quickly detect the presence of potentially hazardous petrochemicals in water or seafood" - UT Dallas News ... Read more >>

Gulf resident's November blood test shows ethylbenzene levels higher than cleanup workers tested in August

"Ethylbenzene is a form of benzene present in the body when it begins to be broken down. The values found in this sample are higher than the values obtained from a sampling in August 2010 of three females and five males who were residents and BP cleanup workers in Alabama and Florida." - Coastal Rescue ... Read more >>

Recent tests "using human cell lines, show that dispersants cause cell death and DNA damage" says university director

"Linked to cancer and reproductive problems." ... Read more >>

More shrimpers report "body rashes, diarrhea and other ailments"

Speakers described "children and adults with skin infections, respiratory illnesses and chronic headaches." ... Read more >>

NSF-funded workgroup: "Storms are likely to resurrect the oil that is currently hidden from sight" -- "Much oil persists" nearshore

MORE: "Effects include tissue damage that affects organ function, damage to the DNA that makes up the genetic code, disruption of hormone functions or decreased growth or hatching success of embryos." ... Read more >>

Women around Gulf with internal bleeding & mysterious bruises on torso (VIDEO & PHOTO)

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Photo of Denise Rednour via CleanTheGulf, November 13, 2010:

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More children from Gulf with health problems — “Big, gaping wounds all over feet and inside of elbows” (VIDEO)

Kindra Arnesen Interview 2/3, Freedom Files Radio, November 19, ... Read more >>

Breakdown: Child hospitalized 3 times after trip to Alabama beach -- Massive kidney infections and kidney stones, now lung infections (VIDEO)

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Surprise? Congressmen see information that shows Gulf residents are "very sick" and "dying" (VIDEOS)

Rally for the Truth, Grand Isle, LA on November 20, 2010 ... Read more >>

Shrimper of 30+ years hospitalized, told by his doctors to "get out of there"

"He sold his boat and business and moved away." ... Read more >>

Still, no one is doing anything about health issues -- Corexit neurotoxins "eat up the brain" and "it takes out your liver, kidneys and lungs"

"This is a big, big issue. It's not something to play around with." -Clint Guidry, LA Seafood Assoc. board of directors ... Read more >>

Bunch of buddies of mine breaking out with "staph" -- "It's something out of the water" say doctors (VIDEO)

Excerpt from "Gulf Shrimping decimated" by CleanTheGulf, November 16, 2010:

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Former oil field worker: “Could smell the Benzene coming up” into Mobile Bay — “Unbelievable headaches” and “a new rash… on my chest”

"And this is after an older rash I've had that turned into blisters." ... Read more >>

"Bleeding from the ears" and now "bruising rash all around my stomach" -- "Looks like bleeding under the skin"

"Sharp stabbing pain is all over my abdomen where this discolouration is, it's in my arm pits and around my breasts..." ... Read more >>

EPA says oil burns not cancer-causing, similar to smoke from woodstoves — Authors of EPA study express “concerns” about adequacy of sampling

The total amount of carbon collected in the four days of sampling "was less than that desired for a single sample... and the sole sample from the field was short of the targeted number of three samples for the campaign." ... Read more >>

“Could we all be at risk?” asks local Florida news station — Medical doctor has patients testing in 95th percentile for oil spill-associated chemicals (VIDEOS)

Doctor: "I'm more concerned about the long term health effects. Nobody talks about it, nobody's even thinking of that 5,10,15, 20 years from now that we're going to see--cancer" ... Read more >>

Doctor: "Dead people don’t talk, dead people don’t sue, dead people don’t tell the truth, and dead people don’t bother BP"

Gulf Shrimpers Wonder: “Are We Next on the Extinction List?”, OnEarth, November 8, 2010:

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Official: “We will NEVER get all of the oil off the beach, that’s just something we have to come to grips with” (VIDEO)

People are worried about their health, and how much longer oil will keep rolling up on the beach... "Can anyone explain in layman's terms what we're looking at in the next year, two years, three years?" ... Read more >>

Multiple boats of fishermen sickened on November 1 -- One still hospitalized after "bleeding in his esophagus"

Chris Balius, also a former VOO worker, was in a boat near Miller's on that same day out on the Gulf. "I was hit by it too," Balius explained. ... Read more >>

Dallas surgeon “has treated many people from the Gulf that have been made sick by BP’s toxic chemicals”

Dr. William Rea is a thoratic and cardiovascular surgeon who specialises in the environmental aspects of health and disease... "It would help if they had some doctors on the coast that knew about all of this, so they could do some preventive work and maybe head some of this off." ... Read more >>

EPA administrator's 'task force' not dealing with health issues, "only restoring the coast itself" (VIDEO)

Jackson: "The task force isn't organized or authorized to deal with health issues per se." ... Read more >>

“I’m just trying to survive”: Alabama woman’s face and neck swollen "three times normal size" after trip to beach in late September (PHOTOS & VIDEO)

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Lisa Nelson, a message therapist from Orange Beach, Alabama:

It felt like knives were sticking in throat and my throat closed up, ever since then I have not been able to talk.

That's been since the 22nd of September [after going to beach to watch the harvest moon]. ... Read more >>

Fed-sponsored research team now analyzing if Corexit caused "molecular evidence of genetic damage" -- i.e. Mutations

"The research is funded jointly by NOAA's Office of Ocean Exploration and Research and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement" ... Read more >>

Mag: "The story of the damage caused by the oil is not over -- It is just beginning"

America Magazine: "We are now approaching our 100th year of continuous weekly publication. America is the only national Catholic weekly magazine in the United States." ... Read more >>

"A huge number of people on the coast were exposed to this aerosol" of oil and Corexit says chemist

"Coastal residents not involved in the cleanup have also been sickened by the oil and dispersants" ... Read more >>

Microbiologist: "They've been made ill but most are too frightened to speak out" -- "People that are sick are going to be sick for the rest of their lives"

"Subra has seen firsthand the devastating effects of the mix of oil and dispersants on the health of vulnerable populations." ... Read more >>

Deadly infection hits BP/Deepwater Horizon safety manager — BP trying to make sure no “bug or something” goes through workforce (VIDEO)

Logistics section chief Mac McEntire said, "one of the things we try to prevent with our health is trying to make sure that no one thing like a flu bug or something doesn't go through the workforce, because it can happen quickly." ... Read more >>