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Group Sues Federal Agency Over 9/11 Health Hazards
The health of tens of thousands of people who live and work in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn has been endangered by the way federal officials mishandled the environmental hazards caused by the collapse of the World Trade Center, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday in United States District Court in Manhattan.
Metro Briefing | New York: Manhattan: 9/11 Registry Tops 25,000
More than 25,000 people have signed onto a registry devised to track the long-term health effects of the World Trade Center attack, the City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced yesterday.
9/11 Registry Tops 25,000
More than 25,000 people have signed onto a registry devised to track the long-term health effects of the World Trade Center attack, the City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced yesterday. City officials urged anyone who lives or attends school in Lower Manhattan, was in the area on Sept. 11, 2001, or was involved in the rescue and cleanup, to enroll in the registry, along with those who think their health might have been affected.
A Sampling of Apartments To Be Retested for 9/11 Ills
Up to 20 percent of the thousands of apartments that were tested and cleaned by federal environmental officials after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center will be retested to ensure they are safe to live in, officials announced yesterday.
A Sampling of Apartments To Be Retested for 9/11 Ills
Up to 20 percent of the thousands of apartments that were tested and cleaned by federal environmental officials after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center will be retested to ensure they are safe to live in, officials announced yesterday.
Environmental Fears at Ground Zero Hearing
The controversy that has surrounded nearly every aspect of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site spilled over to the project’s impact on the environment yesterday as New Yorkers had their first chance to express concerns publicly about traffic, air pollution and the availability of public space.
Environmental Fears at Ground Zero Hearing
The controversy that has surrounded nearly every aspect of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site spilled over to the project’s impact on the environment yesterday as New Yorkers had their first chance to express concerns publicly about traffic, air pollution and the availability of public space.
When Breathing Is Believing; New Yorkers Doubt E.P.A. Credibility on Air Safety, but Truth Is Complex
From the first days after Sept. 11, 2001, the fears and unknowns about health and air quality in Lower Manhattan were compounded by the politics that swirl, as always, around the Environmental Protection Agency.
When Breathing Is Believing; New Yorkers Doubt E.P.A. Credibility on Air Safety, but Truth Is Complex
From the first days after Sept. 11, 2001, the fears and unknowns about health and air quality in Lower Manhattan were compounded by the politics that swirl, as always, around the Environmental Protection Agency.
Democrats End Effort to Block Bush’s Choice To Lead E.P.A.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and other Democratic senators on Monday withdrew their holds on President Bush’s choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Gov. Michael O. Leavitt of Utah, clearing the way for Mr. Leavitt’s confirmation in a vote by the full Senate on Tuesday.