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Oil Spill -- Health and Hazard Information
(Separate Website)
Information about health and safety issues tied to the oil spill.
By: Louisiana Dept. of Health and Hospitals
Oil Spill -- What to Do and Why (health and safetly)
(Separate Website)
Answers to your oil spill questions about the safety of food, beaches, water and more.
By: Louisiana Dept. of Health and Hospitals
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Spanish / Español
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Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt
Oil Spill: American Association of Pediatrics
(Separate Website)
Information about how you can protect your child during a disaster. Tips for keeping your child out of harm's way.
By: American Association of Pediatrics
Oil Spill: Boat People SOS
(Separate Website)
Site for Vietnamese Americans. Focus now on oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Read this in:
Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt
Oil Spill: BP opens Slidell claims center
(Separate Website)
News article describing claims center.
By: The Times-Picayune
Oil Spill: Citigroup, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac offer mortgage relief for those hurt by Gulf of Mexico oil spill
(Separate Website)
See this article by the Associated Press for information about mortgage relief for some home owners affected by the oil disaster.
By: Associated Press/The Times-Picayune
Oil Spill: Coastal Care Fair
(Separate Website)
Health and wellness fair and link to information about OurHomeLouisiana.org.
By: OurHomeLouisiana.org
Oil Spill: Fact Sheet: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Legislative Package
(Separate Website)
President Obama wants Congress to pass new laws to help with the oil spll -- find out more here.
By: The White House
Oil Spill: Find help for people and businesses, from the State of Louisiana
(Separate Website)
See this "Directory of Resources for Louisiana Residents Impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill" on Emergency.louisiana.gov.
By: State of Louisiana
Oil Spill: FTC Warns of Oil Spill Scams
(Separate Website)
Be on the lookout for scammers! Here the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) tels you what to watch out for.
By: FTC -- Federal Trade Commission
Oil Spill: Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
(Separate Website)
See this site to track areas hit by the oil spill and other information.
By: State of Louisiana
Oil Spill: Greater New Orleans Foundation Resource Page
(Separate Website)
Information and links about the oil spill collected by the Greater New Orleans Foundation.
By: Greater New Orleans Foundation
Oil Spill: Gulf Coast Claims Facility
(Separate Website)
This is the site for the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, the new group that is processing claims tied to the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Disaster
By: GCCF
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Spanish / Español
,
Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt
Oil Spill: Help from the Community Center of St. Bernard
(Separate Website)
See the site of the Community Center of St. Bernard. The center is helping people affected by the oil spill. The center also continues to help people affected by other disasters, like the Gulf Coast hurricanes.
By: Community Center of St. Bernard
Oil Spill: Information from the Centers for Disease Control
(Separate Website)
See these oil spill resources from the Centers for Disease Control.
By: CDC - Centers for Disease Control
Oil Spill: Louisiana Emergency Information
(Separate Website)
See this site for updates about the oil spill, from the State of Louisiana.
By: State of Louisiana
Oil Spill: New Health Information from CDC
(Separate Website)
By: US Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Oil Spill: Pet owners left in a bind by Gulf of Mexico oil spill to get help
(Separate Website)
Find out more about aid for people trying to keep their pets during the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Oil Spill: President Barack Obama expects BP to foot bill for wages lost because of drilling
(Separate Website)
Times-Picayune story about efforts to help people who lost work and pay because of the oil spill.
Oil Spill: SNAP Outreach Sites
(Separate Website)
Information about outreach sites for SNAP (food stamps) in seven parishes affected by the oil spill.
By: DSS
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