ENVIRONMENTAL APOCALYPSE NOW

Federal officials said Friday they have recovered approximately 50,000 barrels of an estimated 160,000 barrels of oil that spilled from six storage sites south of New Orleans as the result of Hurricane Katrina. The 160,000 barrels spilled is roughly half the amount that leaked from the Exxon Valdez in Alaska in 1989.

Tests started on Sept 16 to assess environmental damage inflicted by Hurricane Katrina's monstrous storm surge and toxic floodwaters
Researchers hope to determine whether the hurricane caused any contamination from chemical spills, sewer overflows or other poisons that washed into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Vast amounts of toxic waste were maintained in the Louisiana area, including dioxin.
Dioxin is a very toxic chemical, and if it's released into the environment, it accumulates very quickly.
If only one percent of the stored amount is released and only one percent of that makes it into the Gulf of Mexico, that would be sufficient to contaminate 20 million fish - itself enough to trigger warnings not to eat the fish.