by Marian Wang
ProPublica
Air monitoring by the EPA shows that along parts of Gulf Coast, the air may be unhealthy for people “who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.”
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Government Testing Finds Air in Gulf Like Los Angeles on a Bad Day
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010ProPublica Blog: Former Valdez Cleanup Worker Warns of Toxic Dangers in the Gulf
Monday, June 7th, 2010
By Marian Wang
At the time, it was the worst oil spill the United States had ever seen.
It was 1989, and Merle Savage, then a healthy 50-year-old, had heard the news about Exxon Valdez. Compelled to help, she spent four months cleaning up Alaska’s oil-contaminated waters and shores.
She has never been the same since. Now 71, Savage still feels the toll that summer took on her health, but as she watches the reports coming out of the Gulf, she’s felt something else: Déjà vu.