Swampland Bearing The Brunt Of Katrina's Waste
2 November 2005 - 12:00pm
Environmentalists worry about the long and short-term effects of using the swamps as a landfill for waste from Hurricane Katrina.
"East of the city's residential neighborhoods lies a large tract of swamp land that has been turned into an industrial corridor. Even before Katrina it was besmirched with scrap metal and used parts yards, rust-colored streams and dead cypress trees.
Making matters worse, environmentalists warn, is that the mounds of debris from Katrina also are winding up here."
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CNN, November 2, 2005
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