In July of 1998, Dr. Howard Mielke wrote a memo to Jerald White, Director, Environmental Affairs, City of New Orleans, recommending that the Ag Street Landfill be delisted from Superfund and urges agaist relocation. Dr. Mielke is a Research Professor at Tulane University in New Orleans. He is an expert in environmental signaling and human health, the impact of the urban environment on human health and lead poisoning.

The full memo can be downloaded here: www.toxicsites.us/stories/mielkememo.pdf