Health warnings still lacking in Mississippi - More Health News - MSNBC.com

Health warnings still lacking in Mississippi - More Health News - MSNBC.com: "BILOXI, Miss. - The neighborhood called Point Cadet at the east end of Biloxi has no clean running water and a foul stench — the residents are certain it’s human decay — pervades the air, burning the throat when the wind blows right.

In addition to the many hurricane-flattened houses no one could live in, there are some still standing, though heavily damaged. And people are staying in them, in some of the most unsanitary conditions imaginable.

“This is a public health nightmare,” said Dr. Mary Wells, a pediatrician from Mobile, Ala., who used her day off to drive Biloxi’s debris-strewn streets to see what people need."