Subra

Her advocacy on environmental and health issues for local communities - fishermen, trappers, native American tribes - led CNN to call Subra another Erin Brockovich.

The Guardian World News 2010

Recalling Subra's involvement in the Altantuyaa case, he was a PI for Razak Baginda.

KTemoc Konsiders ........ 2008

"We continue to receive phone calls on a daily basis concerning severe health impacts," Subra also said.

Susan Buchanan: BP Spill Workers Seek Care as Health Study Progresses Susan Buchanan 2011

"LEAN has collected around 150 health surveys, and a very large number of people have reported their health impacts directly to Marylee Orr and myself," Subra said.

Susan Buchanan: BP Spill Workers Seek Care as Health Study Progresses Susan Buchanan 2011

But Subra pointed to some of the problems with safety from the get-go.

Susan Buchanan: BP Spill Workers Seek Care as Health Study Progresses Susan Buchanan 2011

Subra, a technical adviser to Louisiana Environmental Action Network in Baton Rouge, said since the spill LEAN has asked people with related health symptoms to fill out survey forms so that the event's effects can be better understood.

Susan Buchanan: BP Spill Workers Seek Care as Health Study Progresses Susan Buchanan 2011

Chemist Wilma Subra, head of Subra Company, an environmental consulting firm with a lab in New Iberia, La., said while there are a number of free or reduced-cost clinics along the coast--receiving state and federal, as well as foundation resources--most or all of these clinics are overburdened with patients.

Susan Buchanan: BP Spill Workers Seek Care as Health Study Progresses Susan Buchanan 2011

Subra isn't knocking the usefulness of the NIEHS study but worries that it collects information from workers without addressing their medical needs.

Susan Buchanan: BP Spill Workers Seek Care as Health Study Progresses Susan Buchanan 2011

Subra received Global Exchange's 2011 Human Rights Award for her continuing work on the BP spill and communities affected by it.

Susan Buchanan: BP Spill Workers Seek Care as Health Study Progresses Susan Buchanan 2011

Subra has given a number of presentations in the past year on the spill's health impacts, and LEAN will report the results of its health surveys shortly, she said.

Susan Buchanan: BP Spill Workers Seek Care as Health Study Progresses Susan Buchanan 2011