Information for Health Professionals

Clinicians

Health Surveillance (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Guidance for Pre-exposure Medical Screening of Deployed Workers (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Taking an Exposure History (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Dispersants (fact sheet for health professionals) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Light Crude Oil (fact sheet for health professionals) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Analysis of Eight Oil Spill Dispersants Using In Vitro Tests for Endocrine and Other Biological Activity, June 30, 2010 (PDF 47pp) | Appendices (PDF 61pp) (Environmental Protection Agency) Disaster Information For Practitioners, Clinicians & Responders (Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)

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Hazardous Substances Information

• Fuel Oils ToxFAQs (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Fuel Oils Tox Profiles (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) ToxFAQs (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) Tox Profile (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Other Resources

Resources for Crude Oil Spills and Human Health (National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health) - Federal and state websites with information on exposure hazards related to oil spills and burning crude oil, fisheries contamination, and other oil spill-related information.