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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, October 22-25, 2005j The Park Record B-12 Lack of disease outbreak following Katrina 'amazing' j WASHINGTON (AP) New Orleans's public health director marveled publicly Thursday over the absence of any disease outbreak in the wake of the strike by Hurricane Katrina. "I was just amazed," Dr. Kevin Stephens told an Institute of Medicine workshop on the health impact of natural disasters. Thousands of people crammed into the Superdome with no water, overflowing toilets, heat and stress could have provided ideal conditions for lowering resistance and beginning the spread of an infectious disease, he noted. Stephens said in the aftermath of the storm he instituted monitoring of emergency care and other medical centers in hopes of quickly detecting outbreaks such as influenza, meningitis; hepatitis, E. coli infections and even tetanus, but there were no major increases. At one point there was a jump in respiratory infections, he said, which was quickly traced to a virus being spread at one of the emergency medical centers. Sanitation, measures were tightened and the outbreak was halted, Stephens said. On the other hand, communications among authorities was a problem. "Anything that could go wrong in communications went wrong in Katrina," said Stephens. And as the cleanup progressed, he said, there was an increase in injuries such as chain saw cuts. Dr. Lynn Goldman, vice chairman of the workshop, said the goal is to learn from what happened there. The nation is facing a series of threats - terrorism, the spread of diseases such as SARS, West Nile virus and bird flu, as well as natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, said Goldman, a professor of public health at Johns Hopkins University. She praised the work of local emergency officials who struggled to help others even as their own homes and families were affected. Indeed, Stephens and his family were forced to move in with his parents because of storm damage, he told the IOM meeting. The Institute is an arm of the conditions, Guidry said. National Academy of Sciences. The work to protect public And, he noted, more storms health is continuing 51 days after are possible with Hurricane the hurricane made landfall, said Wilma currently under way, Dr. Jimmy Guidry, Louisiana's although it appeared Thursday medical director. as a greater threat to Florida. "Every time one of them is With thousands of people evacuated from the city, the • out there in the Gulf my blood question is where to put those pressure goes up a little bit," coming back, Guidry said, "We Guidry»said. He estimated that are looking at the neighborhood New Orleans contains enough of 100,000 trailers to house peo- debris to fill the Superdome 40 times. ple." That means it is too much for In addition there are the questions of draining all areas of the landfills and some will have to be city, providing drinkable water burned, he said, which raises for the public, controlling dis- questions about air quality. ease carriers such as mosquitoes The volume of debris is so and rats, ensuring a food supply, great that it will take months to debris disposal, sewage treat- handle, commented ment, indoor air quality, disposal .Environmental Protection of toxic chemicals and the safety Agency chief Stephen Johnson. of people working to improve . Disposal of spoiled food from homes and the city's many* restaurants is another problem,* Guidry said, estimating that* 300,000 refrigerators in the cityj will need to be replaced or refur-j bished after weeks without elec-* tricity. « Raw sewage is being dumped* into the Mississippi River, he* added. This is not a good prac-i tice but the EPA permitted it toj get the sewage out of the city so* the treatment plant can be* repaired, he said. t After days or weeks under* water, mold is a growing problem^ in many buildings, he added,-* raising serious health problems* from breathing indoor air. J "How do we get back to a* sense Of normalcy, a sense that* we can go on with our lives,"j Guidry asked. f Group's appeal of Envirocare expansion will move forwardI SALT LAKE CITY (AP) An environmental group's appeal to block the proposed expansion of a low-level radiation and hazardous waste site will move forward, the state Radiation Control Board decided Wednesday. The board met to determine if the Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah had legal stand- ing to challenge the Division of Radiation Control's decision to allow Envirocare to double the size of its waste site. "They voted for HEAL Utah to have standing before the board," said Dane Finerfrock director of the division. The board will meet again on Nov. 4 and a hearing will likely be scheduled then, he said. Envirocare, located about 80 miles west of Salt Lake City, received preliminary permission to increase its site from 543 acres to 1,079 from the division. The Legislature and Gov. Jon Huntsman must also give their approval before construction of the expansion can begin. "This (decision) is an important victory for the citizens of Utah because locking our state into 50 more years as the nation's nuclear waste dump will have long term impacts on public health and the image of our state," said Jason Groenewold, director of HEAL Utah. Envirocare spokesman Mark Walker said, "We appreciate the board taking the time to hear both sides. We respect their decision and look forward to the next in the process." Envirocare has said it has adequate capacity at the landfill to accept low-level radioactive and hazardous waste for up to 20 years. Envirocare is one of three U.S. • sites licensed to take commercial* low-level radioactive waste. * Envirocare handles much ofj the commercial radioactive waste* that comes from nuclear power* plants, as well as from medical and* research facilities. The Utah site; also counts on federal cleanup* waste for about half of its revenue.* www.parkrecord.com www.parkrecord.com www.parkrecord.com AT YOUR SERVICE guide toPark C\t<fa professional ACUPUNCTURE MEDICALACUPUNCTURE OFNEWYORK Scott J. Zuckerman, MD, FAAI* DABMA Treatment availablefora wide variety of acute & chronic conditions, including: •Sports injuries "Headaches •Back Pain •Fibromyalgia •Anxiety •Depression ' " ' ' * ' ll • '_-• Persona] attention by a licensed, boardcertified physician, provided in the cornfort of your own home. Call for your FREE phone consultation. 435-901-0057 scottzuck@cmcpc.net AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR O MERCER AUTOMOTIVE & DEIAI1JNG. A M Certified. 15 yeas in the area Located in the heart of Park City. 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