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Nature 437, 1216-1217 (27 October 2005) | doi:10.1038/4371216a; Published online 26 October 2005

Advisers knock Katrina health tests

Emma Marris

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Environmental Protection Agency criticized over response to New Orleans disaster.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is under fire for the way it responded to the flooding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.Members of the agency's science advisory board have complained that the EPA had no plan for how to respond to such a disaster and that the first tests it carried out were inappropriate.