'Inept political hacks'

Shocked, shocked:

Toxic chemicals in the New Orleans floodwaters will make the city unsafe for full human habitation for a decade, a U.S. government official has told The Independent on Sunday. And, he added, the Bush administration is covering up the danger.
In an exclusive interview, Hugh Kaufman, an expert on toxic waste and responses to environmental disasters at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), said the way the polluted water was being pumped out was increasing the danger to health.
The pollution was far worse than had been admitted, he said, because his agency was failing to take enough samples and was refusing to make public the results of those it had analysed. "Inept political hacks" running the cleanup will imperil the health of low-income migrant workers by getting them to do the work.

A prediction: Mr. Kaufman will be leaving the EPA soon to spend more time with his family.
Via BuzzFlash.