Flooded Toxic Waste Sites Are Potential Health Threat
10th Sep 2005, 06:17 GMT
Three Superfund toxic waste sites in and around New Orleans were flooded by Hurricane Katrina and one remains underwater, Environmental Protection Agency officials said yesterday, adding that they will soon start investigating whether hazardous materials are leaching into the environment.
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