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Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill workers leaves most with nearly nothing
- BP has paid ill workers and coastal residents only $67 million through a settlement, a fraction of the billions spent on restitution for economic and environmental damage.
- The majority, 79%, received no more than $1,300 each from BP.
- Many workers with health concerns from the spill had their lawsuits dismissed, with only one case settled.
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Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill workers leaves most with nearly nothing
Thousands of ordinary people who helped clean up after the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico say they got sick. A court settlement was supposed to help
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Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill workers leaves most with nearly nothing
By TRAVIS LOLLER and MICHAEL PHILLIS (Associated Press) When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired to help clean up environmental devastation from the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. These workers were exposed to crude oil and the chemical dispersant Corex…
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