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EPA Workers Test Orphan Containers

New Orleans, La., Oct. 31, 2012 -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) test for chemicals in orphan containers found in Plaquemines Parish at the collection site in New Orleans. Hurricane Isaac moved hundreds of hazardous chemical containers from homes and businesses into the marshland. FEMA has mission assigned the EPA and the United Stated Cost Guard with their collection and safe disposal. Photo by Daniel Llargues/FEMA

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