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EPA Warns Muck Left By Floodwaters Is Highly Contaminated
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BATON ROUGE -- Environmental officials today warned people to avoid all contact with the mud and muck left by the receding floodwaters in New Orleans because of unsafe levels of petroleum products and bacteria.

"We're very nervous about an overwhelming influx of people coming in and the potential health threats that represents," said Mike McDaniel, secretary of Louisiana's Department of Environmental Quality.

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I saw this on the news this morning. ABC took samples and had them tested. The lab they used said this area should not be reopened because you can't possibly clean such a large area. It would seem all of the surviving structures would also be contaminated. What do you do with the whole town?

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