River, lake get New Orleans’ polluted water
6th Sep 2005, 19:31 GMT
The toxic brew of chemicals and human waste in the New Orleans floodwaters will have to be pumped into the Mississippi River or Lake Pontchartrain, raising the specter of an environmental disaster, experts say.
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