ProPublica reported last week that BP has committed funding of $52 million to treating mental health victims affected by the Gulf oil spill. This has come after the publication of the Mailman School’s release of a study (“Impact on Children and Families of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill“) which interviewed over 1200 residents of Louisiana and Mississippi. Key findings included the statistic that over one-third of parents reported that their children had experienced either physical symptoms or mental health distress as a consequence of the oil spill.
