16 October 2012. SOCIOECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE PRESTIGE OIL SPILL IN SPAIN Maria L. Loureiro (maria.loureiro@usc.es) University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) Objective This present work contributes to the previous assessment literature mostly assessing the total damages (total economic value) of the Prestige oil spill in Spain, including environmental damages. As previously described, when oil is present in the environment, it is either dispersed in the top layer of the water (littoral zone) or remains … It resulted in the release to the marine environment of approximately 60000 tonnes of oil products in the eight months following the wreck, spreading pollution from Northern Portugal to France (Figure S1 in the Supporting Information (SI)). The portrait they paint is alarming. These studies report on health impacts in people exposed to oil and gas from several of the most notorious spills in history: Exxon Valdez, Hebei Spirit, Tasman Spirit, Prestige, and Deepwater Horizon. The 2010 Gulf Oil spill was an occupational, environmental, and community health disaster. The Prestige oil tanker disaster – the facts BACKGROUND – WHAT HAS HAPPENED? Oil toxicity impacts on marine life Estimated 150,000-250,000 seabirds killed 1900-3000 km PRESTIGE SPILL RESPONSE Spill response is often hindered by the remoteness of the site, a lack of infrastructure and weather conditions. New Scientist: Prestige Oil Spill Far Worse Than Thought This August 27, 2003 news article from the website of New Scientist magazine provides an updated report on the Prestige oil spill. Galicians demand answers over 2002 Prestige oil spill . This suggests both a persistent inflammatory reaction in the airways and a systemic genotoxic effect. 4.1. Aguilera F, Mendez J, Pasaro E, Laffon B [2010]. Ultimately, the impact of oil on marine organisms depends on the fate of the oil. Impact of oil spills on marine organisms. The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill was the largest environmental disaster and response effort in U.S. history, with nearly 800 million liters of crude oil spilled. More than 300,000 people were involved in cleanup activities. It explains just how much oil entered the water and what is being done to remove it from the ship and stop it from leaking further. Viéitez b Review on the effects of exposure to spilled oils on human health. The Prestige oil tanker ran into trouble last week, 30 miles off the coast of Spain.Four thousand tonnes of fuel leaked from the tanker over the weekend. IMPACTS The impact on marine life can be long lasting and far reaching. Sarah Left explains what is being done to try to avert Europe's biggest ecological disaster in decades. The accident represented one of the largest environmental catastrophes in the history of European navigation. 27 August 2010. Fishermen who participated in the clean-up of the Prestige oil spill showed respiratory effects including bronchial reactivity and oxidative stress in combination with symptoms, as well as indications of chromosomal abnormalities. Spain Prestige oil spill disaster case in court . Biological impacts of oil pollution and cleaning in the intertidal zone of exposed sandy beaches: Preliminary study of the “Prestige” oil spill Author links open overlay panel R. de la Huz a M. Lastra a J. Junoy b C. Castellanos b J.M. The oil tanker Prestige sank off the coast of Spain yesterday. On 19 November 2002, the oil tanker Prestige broke into two and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 260 km off the north-western coast of Spain, releasing about 63,000 tonnes of Bunker C oil. The wreckage of the oil tanker Prestige off the coast of northwestern Spain in 2002 resulted in a major spill of about 67,000 tons of bunker oil. Several good, short-term studies have been carried out, however, and what they tell us is troubling. oil spill. It has been used … Spain 'worsened tanker tragedy' 13 November 2003. Selected Studies on the Human Health Effects of Oil Spills.