New Orleans' toxic tide.
8th Sep 2005, 12:31 GMT
As engineers began pumping out the Big Easy, the water they're moving carries a volatile mix of everything imaginable — from household paints, deodorants and old car batteries to railroad tank cars, sewage treatment plants and landfills.
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