[CPEO-BIF] Senators point to New Orleans health risks

[lsiegel@cpeo.org]

Senators point to New Orleans health risks

By JOHN HEILPRIN
ASSOCIATED PRESS 
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
October 6, 2005

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration was accused Thursday by senators
in both parties of minimizing health hazards from the toxic soup left by
Hurricane Katrina, just as they said it did with air pollution in New
York from the Sept. 11 attacks.

More than a month after the storm, compounded by Hurricane Rita,
Environmental Protection Agency officials said 1 million people lack
clean drinking water around New Orleans. Some 70 million tons of
hazardous waste remain on the Gulf Coast.

While EPA officials have warned of serious health hazards from bacteria,
chemicals and metals in the region's floodwaters and sediment, they
haven't taken a position on New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's aggressive
push to reopen the city.

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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