>Would you buy a house and let your kids play on the lawn when you do not know what kind of pollutants are really there? Besides pestcides, fuel and sewage, there is mercury and lots of unknown stuff from a landfill that was covered with water and has a sizeable runnoff. (From what I heard from a guy in EPA this week on the radio).

Our Region (6) where I work is the Region that includes Louisiana. Our response teams will be leading most of the efforts there. All of the other EPA Regions as well as staff from DC are on site as well. The Region 4 office in Atlanta, is leading coordinated efforts for Mississippi and Alabama. For better information on what we are doing:

http://www.epa.gov/region6/index.htm

T.W. needs an attitude adjustment. Positive change does not occur through negative attitudes.