Hurricane Aftermath (Environmental Impact)

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The toxic consequences of the disaster will have a profound impact on New Orleans even after the initial clearing is done. Dr Zeliger pointed out that the only way to make the water remotely potable would be to chlorinate it, but given the degree of contamination, this would create its own devastating side effects.</p>

<p>“If one chlorinates poor-quality water, it creates categories of trihalmethanes and other compounds that produce their own nightmarish effects on human health, such as spontaneous abortions,” he said. “You’ll see the formation of chloroform and bromoform and other toxins. It will be a long time before decent potable water can be drawn - my prediction would be a minimum of one year.”

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[bklynmom]

<p>The environmental impact will be great just as the environmental impact of 9/11 was-but it will not be felt or recognized for many years to come.<br>
Thankfully, environmental studies are and have been conducted in NYC since 9/11-my husband, as one on the scene that day, is part of the NYC study.<br>
We only learn through our mistakes and through research and study.</p>

[citygirlsmom]

<p>This is going to be even worse, I would guess</p>

<p>There were toxins in the sand/dirt under the water before the storm, its all been churned up</p>

<p>I was in Alaska during the Big Quake, and we had a place called Earthquake Village, the house that were damamged due to the quake and the water were just covered in dirt, buried. It was safer I guess then trying to move everything</p>

<p>The pollution and toxins in the water will pretty much destroy the natual habitats, any kind of planting, etc</p>

<p>I imagine it will take more than a year for the chemicals to go to low enough levels</p>

<p>This is different because it was coastal area, and areas with farm land, and lots of ground- dirt, underground wells, rivers, streams</p>

<p>The lake will be contaminated from run off, the rivers as well</p>

<p>The Mississippi, well who knows</p>