Gulf Oil Spill Resources: Health Impacts

Institute of Medicine conference in New Orleans, LA on June 22 & 23, 2010. The first day's sessions centered on the potential adverse health effects for humans stemming from the oil spill for various populations. The second day explored current monitoring activities, the types of research methods and data sources currently available, and questions to consider when developing short- and long-term surveillance and monitoring systems. Sessions can be streamed live or downloaded as mp3 files.

Summary of the CDC response to the oil spill including links to sources of health information.

Bibliography of reports from the National Academies involving health effects of oil & oil spills.

Librarian Ardis Hanson's research guide provides a wealth of information concerning the psychosocial aspects of oil spill disasters.