Project Gulf Impact interviews Dr. Vincent Wilson, a toxicologist in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Louisiana State University, about health risks in the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Wilson discusses known carcinogens in crude oil (including PAHs and benzene), risks of dispersants, impacts on reproduction, and food and safety risks.

About Project Gulf Impact

Project Gulf Impact's mission is to document the economic, environmental and human health impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. This project seeks to provide a voice for residents of the Gulf and hopes to capture the social, political and environmental climate surrounding one of the greatest environmental disasters of our time.

Filmed by Gavin Garrison
Interviewer Heather Rally