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 Stories About: Louisiana AND news AND toxics AND US EPA
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Taint Bernard
La. eco-group slams official silence on toxins in New Orleans suburbs |
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27 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Taint Bernard La. eco-group slams official silence on toxins in New Orleans suburbs The soil in two New Orleans suburbs may be highly contaminated with heavy metals and petroleum products, charge residents. They say local and federal officials aren't warning returning residents about toxic hazards or cleaning up the mess. The Louisiana Bucket Brigade paid a certified testing company to assess soil samples taken during Sept ... |
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| Topics: Louisiana, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Throw Momma From the Pontchartrain
Some post-Katrina floodwaters cleaner than expected |
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13 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| 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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The Mold Song and Dance
EPA failing to inform or protect folks returning to post-Katrina mess |
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07 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Mold Song and Dance EPA failing to inform or protect folks returning to post-Katrina mess The U.S. EPA has the authority to assess and manage environmental disasters, but activists and even some EPA staffers allege that so far agency testing of water, air, and soil in the Gulf Coast has been insufficient, and its health warnings too weak, to adequately protect returning residents. EPA should be more actively preventing ... |
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| Topics: Louisiana, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Flood Is Thicker Than Water
Assessing toxic hazards in New Orleans challenges the EPA |
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15 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Flood Is Thicker Than Water Assessing toxic hazards in New Orleans challenges the EPA The post-Katrina mess of pollution along the Gulf Coast is "the largest national disaster that we at EPA or, we believe, that the nation has faced," U.S. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson said yesterday. Serious health problems threaten the region, he said, including floodwaters tainted with sewage-related bact ... |
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| Topics: Louisiana, news, toxics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics) |
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