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SUBMITTER: Allan SE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3471659 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Allan Sarah E SE Smith Brian W BW Anderson Kim A KA
Environmental science & technology 20120209 4
An estimated 4.1 million barrels of oil and 2.1 million gallons of dispersants were released into the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. There is a continued need for information about the impacts and long-term effects of the disaster on the Gulf of Mexico. The objectives of this study were to assess bioavailable polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the coastal waters of four Gulf Coast states that were impacted by the spill. For over a year, beginning in May 2010, pass ...[more]