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 Stories About: Iowa AND Louisiana AND toxics AND United States AND water pollution
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Hung Out to Dry
Post-Katrina floodwaters are dirty, but so are other U.S. waterways |
Osha Gray Davidson |
11 Oct 2005 |
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| Last month, "toxic gumbo" entered the American lexicon with the speed and force of the floodwaters it describes. A LexisNexis search of major U.S. publications doesn't return a single hit for the phrase in the year before Hurricane Katrina. But in the 30 days after the storm's landfall, 66 articles contained the phrase. Measure twice, cup once. "I want to be very c ... |
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| Topics: Iowa, Louisiana, toxics, United States, water pollution (all these topics) |
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