The Prestige, 10 years later. Results of research conducted by CREAL

Following the trial over the Prestige disaster has started and the next November 13rd will be the 10th anniversary of this accident, the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) provides the detail of the research done on the effects on health, mostly respiratory symptoms, that caused this disaster especially in fishermen and volunteers who helped to clean up the fuel.

Reference articles:

• Persistent respiratory symptoms in clean-up workers 5 years after the Prestige oil spill. Zock JP, Rodríguez-Trigo G, Rodríguez-Rodríguez E, Espinosa A, Pozo-Rodríguez F, Gómez F, Fuster C, Castaño-Vinyals G, Antó JM, Barberà JA. Occup Environ Med. 2012 Jul;69(7):508-13. Epub 2012 Apr 26. Press release

• Health effects of oil spills: lessons from the Prestige. Zock JP, Rodríguez-Trigo G, Pozo-Rodríguez F, Barberà JA. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Nov 15;184(10):1094-6.

• Health changes in fishermen 2 years after clean-up of the Prestige oil spill. Rodríguez-Trigo G, Zock JP, Pozo-Rodríguez F, Gómez FP, Monyarch G, Bouso L, Coll MD, Verea H, Antó JM, Fuster C, Barberà JA; SEPAR-Prestige Study Group. Ann Intern Med. 2010 Oct 19;153(8):489-98. Epub 2010 Aug 23.

• Prolonged respiratory symptoms in clean-up workers of the prestige oil spill. Zock JP, Rodríguez-Trigo G, Pozo-Rodríguez F, Barberà JA, Bouso L, Torralba Y, Antó JM, Gómez FP, Fuster C, Verea H; SEPAR-Prestige Study Group. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007 Sep 15;176(6):610-6. Epub 2007 Jun 7.