Oil Spill Resources

[Info last updated: April 27, 2012]

Resources and References

Tools, Data, and News

• EPA Response to the BP Spill includes air, water, and sediment data, dispersant information
• Extension Disaster Education Network
• Protocol for Interpretation and Use of Sensory Testing and Analytical Chemistry Results for Re-opening Oil impacted Areas Closed to Seafood Harvesting (FDA)
• Gulf of Mexico Sea Grant Programs: resources, research database
• Environmental Health News
• Cleaning Up the BP Oil Spill (Washington Post)

Chemical Profiles

• ToxFAQs™ for Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) 2-page
• ATSDR for TPH - Complete Profile
• ToxFAQs™ for PAHs 2-page
• ATSDR for PAHs - Complete Profile

Related Research

• Beyond the 16 EPA priority pollutant PAHs: Environmental characterizations of oxygenated PAHs and dibenzopyrene isomers (Dissertation by Julie Layshock, OSU, 2010)
• Deepwater Horizon: A Preliminary Bibliography of Published Research and Expert Commentary (NOAA)
•  Protecting Workers in Large-Scale Emergency Responses: NIOSH Experience in the Deepwater Horizon Response (July 2011, Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine)

Meetings

• Assessing the Human Health Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: An Institute of Medicine Workshop (June 22-23, 2010). Archived webcasts, audio, and presentations in pdf format available on the web site.

Books

• Bioaccumulation in Marine Organisms - Effect of Contaminants from Oil Well Produced Water by Jerry M. Neff (2004)