Kindra Arnesen on sick children in Plaquemines Parish
In this video, Plaquemines Parish resident Kindra Arnesen talks about the increase of illness in children in her community. She also explains why she traveled to Washington D.C. in November to join...
View ArticleVideo: Gulf Coast children experiencing health challenges
A handful of mothers and grandmothers on the Gulf Coast describe the illnesses their children are facing after the BP oil disaster. Video by Kindra Arnesen, Drew Landry, and the Louisiana...
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Hope at last! The Gulf Coast Detoxification Project is open and results are...
By the Louisiana Environmental Action Network. Health Concerns have gone unaddressed for too long. Detoxification program providing first sign of real solutions. It has been almost two years now...
View Article"The Phony Settlement" - My response to NYT op-ed columnist Joe Nocera
Editors Note: In Friday's New York Times, business columnist Joe Nocera argues that the BP settlement is a lawyers' scheme to "gin up" new clients and squeeze more money out of BP. He writes that "the...
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Summary of the Medical Benefits in the BP Settlement – Part 1: Personal...
March 25, 2012, This is an initial analysis, based on information provided by the Plaintiffs Steering Committee, regarding the health claims outlined in the BP settlement. The final details of the...
View ArticleDolphins are mammals. Humans are mammals. Shouldn't they receive the same...
Dolphins are mammals. Humans are mammals. Our fishing community family’s breath the same air, swim in the same waters and eat many of the same foods. Our families are suffering the same symptoms as...
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Medical Benefits Settlement Agreement Summary - Part 2, Gulf Coast Regional...
March 30, 2012 - The Gulf Coast Regional Health Outreach Program will be funded through a $105 million grant awarded by BP, “to promote physical, mental and behavioral health of the Gulf region,” over...
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Who's Paying for BP's Health Crisis?
Watching the last two years unfold has been both eye opening and heartbreaking. Earlier this week, as I sat with a twenty-seven year old mother of three from Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, we went over...
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BP Disaster Survivors Removed From Federal Courtroom during Fairness Hearing
Three BP oil disaster survivors and community advocates were forcibly removed from the fairness hearing on the BP class-action settlement yesterday, moments before the federal court heard objections to...
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A Letter to Judge Carl Barbier on the Medical Aspects of the BP Settlement,...
This letter was originally sent to U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier by Dr. Michael Robichaux on November 26th, 2012. Dr. Robichaux is a physician in Raceland, Louisiana, who operated a detox clinic for...
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