(above) Phyllis Howley, 70, sits on what’s left of the porch of her son’s New Orleans home

Abstract

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "In Katrina’s Wake"</p><p>Environmental Health Perspectives 2006;114(1):A32-A39.</p><p>Published online Jan 2006</p><p>PMCID:PMC1332683.</p><p>This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose.</p> (left) The beach in Biloxi, Mississippi, four days after Katrina