Scientist: CDC bosses ignored warning
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Deputy FEMA Administrator Harvey Johnson, right, listens as Dr. Howard Frumkin, director, National Center for Environmental Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2008, before the House Science and Technology subcommittee hearing on Hearing on FEMA's toxic trailers and how well the CDC has protected public health. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)
AP - A federal scientist said Tuesday his bosses ignored pleas to alert Gulf Coast hurricane victims earlier about severe health risks from formaldehyde in government-issued trailers and once told him not to write e-mails about his concerns. |
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