[CPEO-BIF] Evaluating Katrina's chemical aftermath

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

An Evaluation of Chemical Contamination in the Aftermath of Hurricane 
Katrina

By WILLIAM J. WALSH, DANNY D. REIBLE, CHARLES N.  HAAS, JOHN H. PARDUE, 
AND TERESA S. BOWERS
BNA Daily Environment
November 6, 2006

Abstract

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, concerns over a 
potential "toxic gumbo" in New Orleans and concerns for public safety 
were paramount for state and federal agencies. This concern was 
evidenced by the unprecedented nature of the investigation of 
residential floodwater sediment contamination. Looking at the 
Environmental Protection Agency’s residential sediment and soil sampling 
results, the authors attempt to place these results in the appropriate 
scientific context, to provide some preliminary suggestions concerning 
the lessons learned, and to examine policy issues that have arisen in 
this situation and that may arise in a future disaster. The authors 
believe the compressed risk management approach used by EPA may be 
useful in other large scale contamination events.

For the full article, see
http://www.pepperlaw.com/pepper/pdfs/walsh_bna_EvalChemContHurrKatrina.pdf

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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