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Thousands Enroll In 9/11 Study
More than 6,500 people signed up in the first six days to participate in a new multiyear study of the health consequences of the 9/11 terrorist attack, New York City officials said. The World Trade Center Health Registry, which began last Friday, is designed to track up to 200,000 people over the next 20 years and is open to people — whether or not they have had any adverse health effects — who were exposed to the dust and smoke from the disaster.
TWO YEARS LATER: AIR QUALITY; Study Says Ground Zero Soot Lingered
New research into the impact of air pollution from the World Trade Center disaster mostly confirms, for better and for worse, some of the earliest tentative conclusions reached just after the attack, scientists said yesterday.
E.P.A. in the Cross Hairs
The Environmental Protection Agency and the White House Council on Environmental Quality have been sharply criticized for playing down the potential dangers of exposure to ash, smoke and dust generated by the collapse of the World Trade Center.
Uncertainty Lingers Over Air Pollution in Days After 9/11
The air in Lower Manhattan after Sept. 11 has swirled back into the news — what people knew about it, when they knew it and what they said about it.
Clinton Vows to Block E.P.A. Nominee to Pressure Agency
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday that she would block the nomination of Gov. Michael O. Leavitt of Utah as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency until President Bush responded to her concerns about air quality around the World Trade Center.
Fire Officials Upset at End Of a Program For Survivors
The New York City Fire Department is concerned about the scheduled end of a federally funded program that was established after the World Trade Center attack to provide crisis counseling for city firefighters and other survivors
Inquiry Opens Into Effects Of 9/11 Dust
One of the biggest public health investigations in history opened yesterday in Lower Manhattan, aiming to follow the long-term physical and mental journeys of up to 200,000 people who were exposed to fire and smoke on Sept. 11, 2001.
Clinton and Nadler Seek Inquiry Into E.P.A. Response to Sept. 11
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Representative Jerrold L. Nadler called yesterday for a Congressional inquiry into the Environmental Protection Agency’s response to the World Trade Center attack, saying that the agency and the White House had not told the truth about potential health hazards.
Dust And Deception
Last week a quietly scathing report by the inspector general of the Environmental Protection Agency confirmed what some have long suspected: in the aftermath of the World Trade Center’s collapse, the agency systematically misled New Yorkers about the risks the resulting air pollution posed to their health. And it did so under pressure from the White House.
Metro Briefing | New York: Manhattan: City To Review 9/11 E.P.A. Report
The city will review a report by the inspector general of Environmental Protection Agency that says the White House sought to play down possible health risks posed by World Trade Center dust and debris, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said yesterday. Mr. Bloomberg said he would send the report to Christopher O. Ward, commissioner of the city’s Department of Environmental Protection.