Oil Spill Cleanup Workers More Likely to Have Asthma Symptoms

Oil spill workers were 60% more likely to experience asthma symptoms than those who did not work on the cleanup. (Photo courtesy of Cheryl Casey / Shutterstock.com) Researchers from the Gulf Long-term Follow-up Study (GuLF STUDY) found that workers involved in cleaning up the nation’s largest oil spill were 60% more likely than those who d...
Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News - Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research