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Fume and Far Between
FEMA prohibits employees from entering toxic trailers |
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09 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 11:54 AM on 09 Nov 2007 Concerned about formaldehyde fumes, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has prohibited its employees from entering thousands of stored trailers. And the hurricane victims living in some 50,000 trailers in Louisiana and Mississippi? Well, FEMA hasn't gotten around to seeing if those trailers are toxic yet -- last week, the agency postponed plans to begin testing -- but eh, they'll be f ... |
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| Topics: health, insanity, Louisiana, Mississippi, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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U Can't Touch This
EPA warns against skin contact with toxic New Orleans floodwaters |
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08 Sep 2005 |
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| U Can't Touch This EPA warns against skin contact with toxic New Orleans floodwaters The floodwaters swamping New Orleans have become a filthy, toxic stew, testing at least 10 times over the U.S. EPA's limits for sewage-related contaminants like E. coli, viruses, and cholera-like bacteria. The EPA has warned that skin contact with floodwater could be almost as risky to human health as drinking it; searchers are giving the ... |
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| Topics: health, Louisiana, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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