Web sites with updates on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill situation.

• Restore The Gulf
  A federal web portal with information and resources related to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill response and recovery.
  U.S. Government
• Updates - Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Hurricanes and the Oil Spill (PDF, 1.4 MB)
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Federal Response to BP Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Oil Spills
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• NOAAWatch Oil Spill Headlines
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Oil and Chemical Spills
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Oil and Chemical Spills
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• DEEPWATER HORIZON Incident News
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Environmental Protection Agency - Response to BP Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
  
  • Air Monitoring on Gulf Coastline
  • Coastal Sediment Sampling
  • Coastal Water Sampling
• Robust Summaries & Test Plans: Crude Oil Category
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(See also Occupational Health)

• Gulf Oil Spill 2010: Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill Human Health Interim Clinical Guidance
  
  • Key Points
  • Condensed Version (PDF, 507 KB)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico: Health Related Information
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Light Crude Oil Information for Health Professionals
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Information for Health Professionals: Health Surveillance
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Gulf Oil Spill Information for Pregnant Women
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Gulf Oil Spill 2010: Information for Parents
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• AAP, PEHSU, AACT and ACMT Information for Clinicians on the Oil Spill Affecting the Gulf Coast (PDF, 296 KB)
  Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units - Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics
• PEHSU Information on Gulf Coast Oil Spill for Parents and Community Members (PDF, 197 KB)
  Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units - Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics
• Children and Disasters: Information on the Oil Spill Affecting the Gulf Coast
  American Academy of Pediatrics
• Poison Centers and the Gulf Oil Spill
  American Association of Poison Control Centers
  (For poisoning emergencies, please contact your local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222.)
• Assessing the Human Health Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: An Institute of Medicine Workshop
  June 22-23, 2010
  
  • Report
  • Presentations from the Workshop
  • Archived Webcast
• Oil Spills
  MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine
• Journal Articles on Oil Spills and Human Health
  PubMed - Biomedical Journal Literature
  National Library of Medicine

• Coping with a Disaster: Disaster Mental Health Resources
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Tips for Dealing with the Gulf Oil Spill
  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Coping with the Gulf Oil Spill - Mental Health Information
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Traumatic Incident Stress: Information for Deepwater Horizon Response Workers and Volunteers
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Coping with Disasters
  MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine
• The Gulf Oil Disaster: Developing a Positive Outlook in the Face of Tragedy
  American Psychological Association
• Shore Up Your Resilience to Manage Distress Caused by the Oil Disaster in the Gulf
  American Psychological Association

Resources that provide information to protect the safety and health of workers and volunteers.

• Protecting Workers and Volunteers Responding On-Shore to Hurricanes from the Gulf of Mexico
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• NIOSH Report of BP Illness and Injury Data
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Deepwater Horizon/Mississippi Canyon 252 Oil Spill – OSHA Factsheet (PDF, 50 KB)
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• NIEHS Oil Spill Response Training Tool
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - National Institutes of Health
• Interim Guidance for Protecting Deepwater Horizon Response Workers and Volunteers
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Heat Stress
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Oil Spill Response Resources (includes Ongoing Health Hazard Evaluation)
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Consumer Health Resources for Workers and Volunteers
  (Also available in Spanish)
  MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine
  
  • Heat Illness
  • Sun Exposure
  • Drowning
  • Noise
  • Insect Bites and Stings
  • Animal Bites
  • Skin Rashes
• Keeping Workers Safe During Oil Spill Response and Cleanup Operations
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Health and Safety Aspects of In-situ Burning of Oil (PDF, 31 KB)
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Training Marine Oil Spill Response Workers Under OSHA's Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Information about Tarballs
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Best Practices for Migratory Bird Care During Oil Spill Response (PDF, 3.6 MB)
  See Chapter 2: Safety and Human Health
  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

• Crude Oil
  Hazardous Substances Data Bank - National Library of Medicine
• Table of Chemical Constituents Commonly Found in Crude Oil (PDF, 86 KB)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• ToxFAQs™: Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH)
  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
• Oil Spill Hazards
  TOXLINE, National Library of Medicine
• Petroleum (CAS Registry Number 8002-05-9)
  ChemIDplus, National Library of Medicine
• Crude Oil
  ToxTown, National Library of Medicine

• Toxicity Testing of Dispersants
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  
  • Comparative Toxicity of Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil (LSC) and Chemically Dispersed LSC to Two Gulf of Mexico Aquatic Test Species - July 31, 2010 (PDF, 120 KB)
  • Comparative Toxicity of Eight Oil Dispersant Products on Two Gulf of Mexico Aquatic Test Species - June 30, 2010 (PDF, 93.8 KB)
  • Analysis of Eight Oil Spill Dispersants Using In Vitro Tests for Endocrine and Other Biological Activity (PDF, 744 KB)
  • Dispersants Toxicity Testing – Phase I: Questions and Answers (PDF, 21.3 KB)
• EPA Response to BP Spill in the Gulf of Mexico - Dispersants
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Oil Spill Dispersant (COREXIT ®EC9500A and EC9527A) Information for Health Professionals
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Reducing Occupational Exposures while Working with Dispersants During the Gulf Oil Spill Response
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Dispersants Quick Facts for Coastal Residents
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• COREXIT® EC9580A
  
  • ChemID - National Library of Medicine (includes links to PubMed and TOXLINE references)
  • Technical Product Bulletin - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• COREXIT® EC9527A
  
  • ChemID - National Library of Medicine (includes links to PubMed and TOXLINE references)
  • Technical Product Bulletin - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Hazardous Substances Data Bank - National Library of Medicine
• COREXIT® EC9500A
  
  • ChemID - National Library of Medicine (includes links to PubMed and TOXLINE references)
  • Technical Product Bulletin - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Hazardous Substances Data Bank - National Library of Medicine
• Dispersants - Special journal literature, technical reports and archival collections
  TOXLINE
  National Library of Medicine
• Journal Articles on Oil Dispersants and Humans
  PubMed - Biomedical journal literature
  National Library of Medicine
• Journal Articles on Oil Dispersants and Animals
  PubMed - Biomedical journal literature
  National Library of Medicine
• Journal Articles on Oil Dispersants and Invertebrates, Seawater, Plants and Environment
  PubMed - Biomedical journal literature
  National Library of Medicine

Check local news sources for latest information on seafood safety related to the 2010 Gulf oil spill.

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Update
  U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Seafood Safety after an Oil Spill
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Impact of Crude Oil on Seafood (PDF, 128 KB)
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• GeoPlatform.gov/gulfresponse
  (Mapping the Response to BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico)
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. Coast Guard; U.S. Department of the Interior
• Responding to Oil Spills
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Response to Oil Spills
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Oil Spill Preparation and Response
  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Safety and Oil Spill Research
  U.S. Department of the Interior
• Oil Spills and the Public (PDF, 116 KB)
  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Local government agencies may be the best resource for food and water safety advice and updates.

• Louisiana
  
  • Emergency.louisiana.gov
  • Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
• Alabama
  
  • Alabama Department of Environmental Management - Response to Spills of Oil and Hazardous Material and Fish Kills
  • Alabama Department of Public Health - Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill - 2010
• Mississippi
  
  • Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Emergency Services
  • Mississippi State Department of Health
• Oil Spills
  Texas General Land Office
• Florida - Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
  Florida Department of Environmental Protection

• Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response
  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill FACT SHEET: Fishing, Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles (PDF, 74 KB)
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Fish Stocks in the Gulf of Mexico (PDF, 69 KB)
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Impacts of Oil on Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles (PDF, 76 KB)
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Wildlife and Oil Spills (PDF, 1.8 MB)
  Chapter 5 from Understanding Oil Spills and Oil Spill Response
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Best Practices for Migratory Bird Care During Oil Spill Response (PDF, 3.6 MB)
  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Rescuing Wildlife
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Oil Spill Preparation and Response
  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Oil and Sea Turtles (PDF, 2.5 MB)
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Journal Articles on Oil Spills and Animals
  PubMed - Biomedical journal literature
  National Library of Medicine
• Journal Articles on Oil Spills and Invertebrates, Seawater, Plants and Environment
  PubMed - Biomedical journal literature
  National Library of Medicine

• Deepwater Horizon Joint Information Center
  
  • Facebook Page: Deepwater Horizon Response
  • Twitter: Oil_Spill_2010
  • YouTube: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

• Resources in Spanish
  
  • Derrame de petróleo en el Cañon Deepwater Horizon/Mississippi 252 - Hoja de Datos OSHA (PDF, 50 KB)
    Administración de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional
  • Respuesta de EPA al derrame de petróleo de British Petroleum (BP) en el golfo de México
    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • 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 VERSION) (PowerPoint, 6 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 FORMAT) (PDF, 4.0 MB)
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health
  • Petróleo crudo
    Tox Town, National Library of Medicine
  • Enfermedades causadas por el calor (Heat Illness)
    MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine
  • Exposición al sol (Sun Exposure)
    MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine
  • Ahogo (Drowning)
    MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine
  • Ruido (Noise)
    MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine
  • Picaduras de insectos (Insect Bites and Stings)
    MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine
  • Mordeduras de animales (Animal Bites)
    MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine
  • Sarpullido (Skin Rashes)
    MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine
• Resources in Vietnamese
  
  • Deepwater Horizon/Mississippi Canyon 252 Oil Spill – OSHA Factsheet (Vietnamese) (PDF, 50 KB)
    Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  • 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