NIOSH, OSHA Interim Guidance for Protecting Deepwater Horizon Response Workers and Volunteers and CDC website now list oil as non-carcinogenic for Humans citing a study from 1989. I wonder if Exxon paid for the study during the Exxon Valdez Spill?
NIOSH, OSHA Interim Guidance for Protecting Deepwater Horizon Response Workers and Volunteers , CDC website, July 26, 2010:
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) indicates that for crude oil, there is inadequate evidence for the carcinogenicity in humans. (Interagency Agency for Research on Cancer, Crude Oil, IARC Summary and Evaluation, Volume 45, 1989http://www.inchem.org/documents/iarc/vol45/45-02.html)
Crude Oil Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), August 2007:
Crude Oil is not listed as a carcinogen by the NTP, IARC, or OSHA.
For more ‘indepth’ analysis, see:
- LSU Cancer Specialist: DNA mutations & cancer risk “become MORE of an issue” as oil breaks down and weathers (VIDEO)
- Toxicologist: Dispersants extract the “dangerous cancer-causing chemicals” from crude that “bio-accumulate”; “There is a GRAVE problem”
- NOAA samples reveal polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons of “the most toxic variety”; Appearing near shore and in beach samples
- Public health experts fear “cancer and brain damage” from oil-contaminated seafood
- U.S. Institute of Medicine experts: “Coastal residents” face “higher risk of cancer” from crude oil; “Potential here is huge”
- EPA consultant: Public “falling ill after exposure to tiny airborne particles of crude”
