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oil
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Investigating the health impacts of fracking
The fracking controversy has been high profile in recent years, and tempers are short on all sides of the subject. Some groups see natural…
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For psyches, Gulf is Valdez on ‘fast forward’
CNN’s Jessica Ravitz reports that the damage to Gulf communities in the wake of the spill has played out like…
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CDC says monitoring system finds no ill from spill
The CDC has two major monitoring programs active in the Gulf of Mexico during the spill: The National Poison Data…
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Mental health impact of the BP spill multiplies
Reporters are digging deep into the potential public health and toxicity issued posed by the oil that has been pouring…
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Resources for reporting on health and the oil spill
The Disaster Information Management Research Center, part of the National Library of Medicine, has assembled information about oil spills and…