Oil Spills: Health Information Guide
Overview
- Oil Spills Prevention and Preparedness Regulations
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - NOAAWatch: IncidentNews
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce - Oil and Chemical Spills
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Information by Topic Area
The searches below find resources from two National Library of Medicine databases:
- Disaster Lit®: links to disaster medicine and public health documents for a professional audience, available on the internet at no cost. Includes expert guidelines, research reports, conference proceedings, training classes, fact sheets, websites, databases, and more.
- PubMed: more than 28 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. May include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Click on the searches below, or go directly to the databases and develop your own searches.
General Health-Related Information
Disaster Lit
Preparedness
Disaster Lit
PubMed
Cleanup
Disaster Lit
Responder Safety
Disaster Lit
Coping
Disaster Lit
Dispersants Info
- COREXIT® EC9580A (Formerlay COREXIT 9850 Shoreline Cleaner)
- COREXIT® EC9527A (Formerly COREXIT 9527)
- COREXIT® EC9500A (Formerly COREXIT 9500)
- Oil Dispersants and Humans - Links to PubMed
TOXLINE, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health - Oil Dispersants and Animals - Links to PubMed
National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health - Oil Dispersants and Invertebrates, Seawater, Plants and Environment - Links to PubMed
National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
Multilingual Resources
Resources in Spanish
- NIEHS Oil Spill Cleanup Initiative: Safety Awareness for Oil Spill Cleanup Workers (Spanish Version)(PDF, 1.9 MB)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health - NIEHS Oil Spill Cleanup Initiative: Safety Awareness for Oil Spill Cleanup Workers (Spanish Booklet Version)(PDF, 4.0 MB)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health - NIEHS Oil Spill Cleanup Initiative: Safety Awareness for Oil Spill Cleanup Workers (Spanish Version)(PowerPoint, 6 MB)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health
Resources in Vietnamese
- NIEHS Oil Spill Cleanup Initiative: Safety Awareness for Oil Spill Cleanup Workers (Vietnamese Version)(PDF, 2.1 MB)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health - NIEHS Oil Spill Cleanup Initiative: Safety Awareness for Oil Spill Cleanup Workers (Vietnamese Version)(PowerPoint, 6.0 MB)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health
Resources for the General Public
Health information for the general public about hazards, emergencies, and disasters is available in MedlinePlus from the National Library of Medicine. MedlinePlus resources are also available in Spanish.