Let Them Eat Toxins -- 66 chemical plants in area

[donsu]

http://www.counterpunch.com/norris09122005.html


The Independent of London reports that Hugh Kaufman, an EPA official, has said that New Orleans and the surrounding area will probably not be safely habitable for a decade and the "inept political hacks" (aka: the Bush administration and its underlings) are covering up the true danger.

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As bad as the situation in lower Manhattan was, the toxic cesspool in New Orleans and the surrounding vicinity will be much worse because the 66 chemical plants in the area known as "Cancer Alley," in addition to the toxins from the homes and businesses that have spilled their contents, have created a toxic deposit unlike any other.

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Environmental Health News, a not-for-profit organization founded to help increase public understanding of the emerging scientific links between environmental exposures and human health, aggregates stories in mainstream newspapers from around the world. Some examples: "Mercury in the Air is High Downwind of Mines," "Report Finds Asbestos Risk in 15 States," "US Rice May Carry an Arsenic Burden," "Annual Feast of Salmon is Loading Bears with Pollutants," "Concern Grows About Antibiotic Use in Food," "Removing Pharmaceuticals, Hormones and Cosmetics from Tap Water," "Alarm Grows Over Pesticide Threat in Nurseries," "Study ­ Refineries Put Millions at Risk," "Will Colorado River Be Tapped Out?" "Disease Traced to Extreme Weather," "Droughts, Twisters and Floods: What on Earth Has Happened to Our Weather?"

And those are just a few from a single day.

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they can't go home again

[pushycat]

1. No home?

Of course they can go home, poor people don't mind a few chemicals. Just ask Babs how they're doing.