"What we have is an aggregation of hundreds of thousands of patches of oil and the challenge is to find out where they are at right now because they are widely dispersed," said U.S. spill response chief Thad Allen.
Pressed further on the patches, Allen relented: "Maybe patches is a misnomer on my part. What we're seeing are mats, patties, small concentrations, very hard to detect, but they're out there."(Per canada.com)
Obvious Health and Medical Impacts:
People will no doubt show up as they always do to help this process of getting things back to normal. However, normal will never return in our lifetimes, and we should therefore seek to protect ourselves from all that can do harm in several different ways.
At the end of the day the mental and emotional health repercussions of this disaster will be the most salient. From all with whom we have spoken, we have heard the same litany of mental and emotional problems which seem to surface wherever the Black Wave appears. As the social fabric slowly tears, so do the many support systems upon which we all rely weaken, especially during these already quite challenging times.
Most of these psychological maladies are directly related to loss. Loss of job, loss of business, and loss of financial security are some examples. So are loss of health, loss of relationships, and loss of access to the beach. We also see loss of home, loss of a way of life and loss of traditional foods. Fisherman can no longer go out in their boats; beachgoers forgo their morning shelling routine; joggers take to the pavement instead of the sand.
There are numerous symptoms, ailments and illnesses that are the direct result of exposure to an oil spill which can be gleaned from various sources. Some of these resources have been provided by organizations that have been directly involved with oil spill mitigation and remediation. In some cases they have been able to closely follow the development of disease in any given population, which was exposed to many of the same chemical contaminants that are found at different oil spill sites throughout the world.
HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS AND RESOURCES
Gulf Oil Spill Health Hazards
http://www.sciencecorps.org/crudeoilhazards.htm
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BLACK WAVE: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez
http://oilspillsolutionsnow.org/?page_id=150
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Minimizing Adverse Health Effects Through Transparency & Intelligent Mitigation Responses
http://oilspilltruth.wordpress.com/
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Environmental Health Impacts
http://oilspillsolutionsnow.org/?page_id=140
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