Hurricane Katrina's Environmental Impact
Diane and her guests talk about how Hurricane Katrina's environmental impact is being assessed, the potential hazard to humans and to the region's ecosystems posed by industrial pollutants, bacteria, and previously existing toxic waste sites, and how to clean up the mess.
Guests
former Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator (2003) and Assistant Administrator for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER); currently executive director of the Global Environment and Technology Foundation
pediatrician, epidemiologist and professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; former assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
environmental justice organizer for the Sierra Club in Louisiana
deputy secretary of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
senior policy analyst for the EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
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