sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
May 7, 2012
Gulf Coast Residents Remain Worse Off Emotionally Post-Spill
Depression diagnoses up 31% since weeks before BP oil spill
by Dan Witters
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Residents of Gulf Coast-facing counties continue to suffer from lower overall emotional health, as measured by the Gallup-Healthways Emotional Health Index, in the two years since the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Those living in non-Gulf states and inland counties in the same Gulf Coast-facing states have shown no such drops in Emotional Health Index scores in the aftermath of the oil spill.
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http://www.gallup.com/poll/154475/Gulf-Coast-Residents-Remain-Worse-Off-Emotionally-Post-Spill.aspx
Gulf Coast Residents Remain Worse Off Emotionally Post-Spill
Depression diagnoses up 31% since weeks before BP oil spill
by Dan Witters
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Residents of Gulf Coast-facing counties continue to suffer from lower overall emotional health, as measured by the Gallup-Healthways Emotional Health Index, in the two years since the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Those living in non-Gulf states and inland counties in the same Gulf Coast-facing states have shown no such drops in Emotional Health Index scores in the aftermath of the oil spill.
more...
http://www.gallup.com/poll/154475/Gulf-Coast-Residents-Remain-Worse-Off-Emotionally-Post-Spill.aspx