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Buildings Farther From Ground Zero to Be Tested for Contaminated Dust
In order to determine how far the choking dust cloud spread from ground zero after the World Trade Center collapsed, federal officials are planning, for the first time, to look for a telltale sign of the dust in apartment buildings and workplaces along part of the Brooklyn waterfront and as far north as Houston Street in Lower Manhattan.
Health Screenings for 9/11 Rescue Workers Will Resume
The organizers of a medical screening program that tracks the health of rescue workers who labored in the wreckage of the World Trade Center announced yesterday that the program will start accepting new patients again, in the hopes of reaching thousands of people who could not be accommodated previously.
$45 Million More Is Sought to Clean Trade Center Tower
Now that they know the extent of hazardous contamination in the former Deutsche Bank building opposite ground zero, state redevelopment officials will seek an extra $45 million to clean the 40-story tower before they dismantle it.
Thousands Near 9/11 Attack Reported Ill Effects, U.S. Says
More than three years after the World Trade Center was destroyed, city health officials released data yesterday from a two-year study showing that thousands of people in the vicinity of the towers on Sept. 11, 2001, said they had increased respiratory problems and suffered higher rates of emotional distress.
Binding Firefighters’ Psychological Wounds
Malachy P. Corrigan’s father was a fireman for 38 years, a member of Engine 292 in Woodside, Queens, but if he thought it a treacherous job, he never let on to his wife and children. Firefighting was a manly calling; real men didn’t complain or cry. Mr. Corrigan, a sentimentalist, keeps a model of his father’s fire truck near his desk.
Metro Briefing | New York: Manhattan: E.P.A. Official To Quit
The federal official overseeing the controversial cleanup and environmental testing of apartments near ground zero has submitted her resignation. In a letter dated Oct. 12, the official, Jane M. Kenny, said she would leave her job as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 2 administrator on Nov. 12 for a ”new opportunity,” but was not more specific.
New York: Manhattan: E.P.A. Official To Quit
The federal official overseeing the controversial cleanup and environmental testing of apartments near ground zero has submitted her resignation. In a letter dated Oct. 12, the official, Jane M. Kenny, said she would leave her job as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 2 administrator on Nov. 12 for a ”new opportunity,” but was not more specific. Ms. Kenny, who was appointed to her post in 2001, has rejected claims that residents and workers were allowed to return to the area around ground zero too soon.
Binding Firefighters’ Psychological Wounds
MALACHY P. CORRIGAN’S father was a fireman for 38 years, a member of Engine 292 in Woodside, Queens, but if he thought it a treacherous job, he never let on to his wife and children. Firefighting was a manly calling; real men didn’t complain or cry.
9/11 Contamination Is High at Bank Tower, Study Says
A new environmental study of the former Deutsche Bank building opposite ground zero, independent of the bank and its insurers, has confirmed the presence of high levels of asbestos, dioxin, lead and other contaminants throughout the unused 40-story tower.
Metro Briefing | New York: Manhattan: Ground Zero Workers Sue
A group of workers has filed a class-action lawsuit against the companies hired to clean up after the World Trade Center attack. The workers claim they were exposed to toxic fumes and debris at ground zero.