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Editorial
Nature 437, 1207-1208 (27 October 2005) | doi:10.1038/4371207b; Published online 26 October 2005
Is the city safe?
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency is ducking a frank assessment of New Orleans after Katrina.
After the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took some flak for declaring, perhaps prematurely, that the air was safe in the vicinity of the World Trade Center in New York.Now the agency, which is charged with protecting public health and the environment, is abdicating its responsibility to issue clear public guidance on possible health hazards in New Orleans, flooded last month by Hurricane Katrina.
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