Academic research paid for by BP and Exxon is being used to combat workers’ claims that exposure to oil and chemical dispersants made them ill.
Sara Sneath
Sara Sneath is an investigative journalist based in New Orleans. She has reported on energy in the Gulf South for 10 years, including for such outlets as
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Fossil Fuel Workers Are Dying Inhaling Gases — Despite U.S. Warnings to Big Oil
Fossil fuel companies could avoid worker fatalities with a simple, cheap technology switch, but many are opting to risk workers’ lives instead.
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Offshore oil and gas worker fatalities are underreported by federal safety agency
Nearly half of known Gulf of Mexico worker fatalities didn’t fit the agency’s reporting criteria