United States: As Floods Recede, Brooklynites Fear Contamination

New York Times: Since last month`s storm, Juan Falcon says he has been cutting through the wallboard in the basement of his two-story house to let the walls breathe and to block the advance of mold. The walls in the basement apartment occupied by his 29-year-old son are still damp from the four feet of water that flooded the neighborhood. Mr. Falcon lives in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, near Newtown Creek and surrounding parcels that are undergoing a federal Superfund cleanup for pesticides, heavy metals,......

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