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Human Exposure and Public Health Remediation

A New Compound Makes Waves for Oil Spill Clean Up

September 1, 2022August 31, 2022 Andrea Valcarcel 0 Comments bioremediation, chemical engineering, clean up, human impacts, human risk, marine biology, marine remediation, Oil, oil spill

Phase-Selective Organo-WHAT? Scientists are studying complex chemicals called Phase-Selective Organogelators (or PSOGs) to better understand their ability to clean up oil spills. These chemicals create a gel when added, in small quantities, to crude oil. The use of these chemicals could be a game changer when it comes to remediating marine oil spills. It would facilitate the way these disasters are handled, shortening the time it’s left affecting the organisms that live and interact in marine ecosystems

Human Exposure and Public Health

Oil Spills are a Black Mark on Health

March 28, 2019March 28, 2019 Kristina Blank 0 Comments clean up, Deepwater Horizon, environmental health, exposure science, Gulf Study, heart attack, oil spill, Pollution, public health

The thought of oil spills conjures up images of marine disasters–wildlife smothered in slick sludge and thick black smoke. But what are the human health consequences to the brave men and women who respond and work to clean up these messes? New research examines the potential impact of oil spill response work on risk of heart attack in those who clean up after the Deepwater Horizon disaster.