NIEHS Response to the Gulf Oil Spill

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Oil Spill Responders deploy from Venice, LA
NIEHS Proposed Intramural Research“The GuLF Study”*To study potential short-and long-term healthconsequences of exposure to oil and oil byproducts• 21,000 paid community clean-up workers & volunteers exposedto burning oil, weathered oil, dispersants, and crude oil– Currently employed and newly hired over time– Vessels of opportunity, shoreline clean-up, decontamination, anddisposal– BP oil rig workers and contractorsPrimary objectives• Assess potential short-and long-term health effects associated with oil spillclean-up• Create a resource for future collaborative research• Specific subgroups*Working title: Gulf Long-term Follow-up Study
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