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One Year Later, Gulf Oil Spill Continues to Impede Gulf Progress

  • Health Problems
  • NOAA contends that Gulf beaches and surrounding areas can be safely occupied for recreation and work. To anesthetize any concern about safety on the Gulf Coast, President Barack Obama and his family swam in the water and ate the seafood sourced from the Gulf while vacationing in Panama City, Florida, last fall.
  • While the Gulf water may be safe now, some people believe that they are suffering from medical problems associated with the oil spill.
  • “People along the coast are still having health problems due to the oil spill, including respiratory, dermatological, and digestive health problems,” said Stephen Bradberry, Executive Director of the Alliance Institute’s Gulf Coast Fund Adviser in the NAACP report. “The Gulf Coast Claims Facility is not accepting health claims, so people who have gotten sick and are now unable to work don’t have the money to pay their medical bills.”
Marcia is a multimedia content producer focusing on technology at Black Enterprise Magazine. In this capacity she writes and assigns stories to educate readers about social media; digital integration; gadgets, apps, and software for business and professional development; minority tech startups; and careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). In 2012, she received two Salute to Excellence Awards from the National Association of Black Journalists and was recognized by Blacks in Technology (BiT) as one of the Top 10 Black achievers in the tech arena for 2011 at SXSW in Austin, Texas. She has spoken about technology on panels for New York Social Media Week, at The 2012 Rainbow/PUSH Wall Street Summit, as well as at Black Enterprise'ss Entrepreneurs Conference and Women of Power Summit. In 2011, SocialWayne.com chose her as one of 28 People of Color Impacting the Social Web, and through crowdsourcing she was listed as one of BlackWeb2.0's/HP's 50 Most Notable African American Tastemakers in Social Media and Technology for 2010. Since taking on the role of Tech editor in September 2010, she has conceived and produced five cover stories on Technology and/or STEM and countless articles, videos, and slideshows online.

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