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Nothing to Fear But Air Itself Government fails to tend to the many left sick by the 9/11 attacks |
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11 Sep 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Nothing to Fear But Air Itself Government fails to tend to the many left sick by the 9/11 attacks The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, left behind a grim legacy. No, we're not talking about the violent imperial fantasies and paranoia that have gripped much of the nation, but the lingering ill health of those who worked in lower Manhattan to find survivors and clean up the rubble. New research shows that 69 percent of worke ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, New York, news, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Fault Whitman Bush appointee misled public on toxic air after 9/11 attack, judge says |
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03 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Fault Whitman Bush appointee misled public on toxic air after 9/11 attack, judge says Federal judge Deborah Batts said yesterday that former U.S. EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman "increased, and may have in fact created, the danger" to people living and working near the World Trade Center towers in the weeks following the 9/11 attacks -- behavior Batts called "conscience-shocking." Ouch. Most sign ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, New York, news, US EPA (all these topics) |
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