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Throw Momma From the Pontchartrain
Some post-Katrina floodwaters cleaner than expected |
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13 Oct 2005 |
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| Throw Momma From the Pontchartrain Some post-Katrina floodwaters cleaner than expected Some of the floodwaters pumped out of New Orleans by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers -- about 250 billion gallons all told, dumped mostly into Lake Pontchartrain -- may not have been as toxic as initially feared. Researchers at Louisiana State University took samples five to nine days after the deluge and found ... |
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| Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, Louisiana, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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