Cleanup in the Gulf: Oil Spill Dispersants and Health Symptoms in
            <i>Deepwater Horizon</i>
            Responders

Konkel, Lindsey

doi:10.1289/ehp2592

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“…The company is facing yet another lawsuit related to the spill-in Mexico" ("BP Oil Spill," 2016). Also, public health investigations on the effects of the clean-up on local workers' health are still ongoing and may lead to new judicial charges (Konkel, 2018). Unfortunately, unlike companies and governments, individual victims do not always have the time and resources to see the blame materialize in judicial trials.…”

Section: Judicial Forumsmentioning

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Accountability and Blame Avoidance After Crises

Kuipers¹,

Brändström²

2020

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics

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The post-crisis accountability process is a purification ritual that serves to channel public emotions and enables re-equilibration after a severe disturbance of the sociopolitical order. Crisis accountability literature can be reviewed in terms of forums, actors, and consequences. This setup allows a systematic discussion of how crises impact: the accountability process in influencing its setting (the forum); the strategies of accountees and their opponents (actors); and the resulting outcomes in terms of reputation damage, sanctions, and restoration (consequences). There is a clear distinction between formal and informal accountability forums, with the media being almost exclusively informal, and judicial forums, accident investigators, and political inquiries having formal authority over accountability assessments. Yet, through the presence of formal authorities in media reporting, and because media frames influence the work of formal authorities, the different forums intensively interact in accountability processes. Looking at accountability strategies reveals that the number of actors involved in blame games is likely rising because of increasingly networked crisis responses, and the role of actors has become more important and personal in the crisis aftermath and accountability process. The consequences and success of individual actors in influencing the accountability outcomes is shaped by both institutional settings and individual skills and strategies. A current political power position that exceeds prior mistakes is an effective shield, and denial is the least effective though most commonly used strategy. Accountability processes remain a balancing act between rebuttal and repair. Yet after major crisis, renewal is possible, and post-crisis accountability can play a crucial role therein.

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Accountability and Blame Avoidance After Crises

Kuipers¹,

Brändström²

2020

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics

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“…[10][11][12][13][14][15][16] The Deepwater Horizon oil spill can be the typical example in recent history, [17][18][19] which resulted in the leakage of ≈210 million gallons of crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Despite the usage of nearly 1.8 million gallons of dispersant, [20][21][22][23] the quality of the marine environment is still questionable. [24][25][26][27] Unlike dispersants, the benefits of using sorbents, which included simplicity in application and cost-friendliness, are now of interest to researchers as a remedy for oil spills.…”

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A Role for Newly Developed Sorbents in Remediating Large‐Scale Oil Spills: Reviewing Recent Advances and Beyond

Kim

Zhang

Chung

et al. 2021

Advanced Sustainable Systems

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The conservation of ocean and freshwater have been crucial issues over the past decades, and oil/water separation is a well‐known technology to restore polluted water systems. In the meantime, oil sorbents serve as a promising means of achieving water conservation to recover from oil spills, which require a multi‐factorial approach to review high selectivity, capacity, and rate of oil recovery. However, reusability is a critical component to consider in incidents with large‐scale spills. With the development of sorbent technology, some studies have progressed to explore surface engineering and material design for high oil sorption capacity and durability. Thus, this systemic review, a summary of sorbent developments, serves as a guide to understanding practical applications that can apply to large‐scale oil spills and recognize remaining issues. In this review, the oil weathering process and oil sorption mechanisms in relation to the characteristics of target pollutants are introduced. Then, this comprehensive review focuses on materials in advanced sorbents. These materials have properties including, aligned channels for fast sorption, self‐heating capabilities for viscous oil cleanup, and magnetic‐responsiveness to enhance a collection of final products. The perspective and challenges for the next generation of oil spills remediation technology‐based oil sorbents materials are finally presented in the last section.

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Oil spills

Othumpangat

Fedan

2024

Encyclopedia of Toxicology

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Cleanup in the Gulf: Oil Spill Dispersants and Health Symptoms in Deepwater Horizon Responders

Cited by 4 publications

References 7 publications

Accountability and Blame Avoidance After Crises

Accountability and Blame Avoidance After Crises

A Role for Newly Developed Sorbents in Remediating Large‐Scale Oil Spills: Reviewing Recent Advances and Beyond

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