Thursday, February 10, 2011

Why are so many people in the Gulf region getting sick?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with toxicologist Riki Ott about the human health epidemic she is witnessing in the Gulf since the BP oil disaster. How much (or how little) do we know about the health effects of oil and dispersants? How much is being covered up? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. The EPA says dispersants are safe. So what explains the rise in health problems? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Riki Ott, marine biologist, toxicologist, and author of Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Robin Young, co-founder of Guardians of the Gulf in Orange Beach, Alabama

Dr. Rodney Soto, physician in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida