How Toxic Are Flood Waters? - JSTOR Daily

How Toxic Are Flood Waters?

Ira Jackson pulls his boat through a flooded street September 5, 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina

While flood waters can be extremely polluted, researchers have found the lasting impact is different from what one might expect.

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