Tuesday, October 30, 2012

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com: Hurricane Sandy Spills Sewage, Triggers Toxic Troubles

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Hurricane Sandy Spills Sewage, Triggers Toxic Troubles
Oct 31st 2012, 03:13

NEW YORK -- Raw sewage, industrial chemicals and floating debris filled flooded waterways around New York City on Tuesday.

Left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the toxic stew may threaten the health of residents already dealing with more direct damages from the disaster.

"Normally, sewer overflows are just discharged into waterways and humans that generate the sewage can avoid the consequences by avoiding the water," said John Lipscomb of the clean water advocacy group Riverkeeper. "But in this case, that waste has come back into our communities."

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