Posted on 09/10/2005 10:05:44 PM PDT by lauriehelds
Toxic chemicals in the New Orleans flood waters will make the city unsafe for full human habitation for a decade, a US government official has told The Independent on Sunday. And, he added, the Bush administration is covering up the danger.
In an exclusive interview, Hugh Kaufman, an expert on toxic waste and responses to environmental disasters at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), said the way the polluted water was being pumped out was increasing the danger to health.
The pollution was far worse than had been admitted, he said, because his agency was failing to take enough samples and was refusing to make public the results of those it had analysed. "Inept political hacks" running the clean-up will imperil the health of low-income migrant workers by getting them to do the work.
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Sure would like to track down that "expert" that Pilger and Fisk's rag found.
"Inept political hacks"
that says it all.
Right.
And the Exxon Valdez will make Prince William Sound a wasteland for generations...
Won't these morons ever quit?
CNN took their own samples for their own tests !
The networks are all taking water samples as well. I wonder what they found.
Just googled this expert. I invite you to do so..there isn't anything that he hasn't claimed is part of a coverup to kill us with toxic water, air, etc. LOL
Lots of class action lawsuits will follow if even the most obscure connection is alleged between future health in the region and the current recovery effort.
Seems to me that any independent party or group wanting to get a sample could just go down there with a container and get it, and test to their heart's content. Instead we see bellyaching about what "might" be. Pshaw.
I wonder whta materials they are talking about. If the sewage was a problem, why can people have septic systems for their houses. If the gas & oil is a problem, they should condemn every gas station and mechanics shop. Chemical plants were likely on higher ground.
I wonder what they found.
Whatever they are told they found.
Will there be a toxic post N.O. syndrome?
NOLA Syndrome will be making lawyers rich for decades.
Seems Mr Kaufman has a habit of this sort of thing:
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/02/24/rec.wtc.air.quality/
http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=6975345
http://www.nyenvirolaw.org/nyeljp-martinkaufman.htm
And these are just among the first 5 results of the 1120 results one gets from SEing "Hugh Kaufman".
Heeee's back. Same guy that said the EPA was doing a cover up on the air at Ground Zero. Guy needs a new gig.
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/02/24/rec.wtc.air.quality/
I read the article and was surprised there was no mention of a supposed Superfund site near New Orleans. I wonder if this is really what the EPA guy is talking about... I only say supposed cause I haven't done research into it - just heard it mentioned in passing during the beginning of this whole tragedy.
I did kind of chuckle when I heard the last part about the water "downstream". How much father "Downstream" can you get than in New Orleans???
Are these the same environmentalist who have done everything in their power over the last twenty years, o obstruct the Army Corp of Engineers from improving the levee system.
They're come out!!!
Will there be a toxic post N.O. syndrome?
Written in stone. They're making up new words for it and its systems as we post.
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