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MIDEAST TURMOIL: AIR QUALITY; Expert Says Asbestos Slightly Raised Risks for Disease Among Residents of Lower Manhattan
The risk of asbestos-related disease, including cancer, has risen slightly for tens of thousands of people in Lower Manhattan as a result of the collapse of the World Trade Center, a prominent New York physician said yesterday.
E.P.A. Official Quits After Move
Robert J. Martin, a national ombudsman for the Environmental Protection Agency, who charged that the agency was playing down air quality risks in Lower Manhattan after Sept. 11, resigned yesterday.
E.P.A. Official Quits After Move
Robert J. Martin, a national ombudsman for the Environmental Protection Agency, who charged that the agency was playing down air quality risks in Lower Manhattan after Sept. 11, resigned yesterday.
Metro Briefing | New York: Albany: Coverage For Trade Center Workers
A new bill in the State Legislature would extend workers’ compensation benefits to rescue and recovery personnel at the World Trade Center for illnesses linked to toxic substances. Rescue workers are experiencing abnormal infections, said State Senator Guy J. Velella, chairman of the Senate’s Labor Committee. “If they do happen to be contaminated, they should certainly be covered,” he said. The bill would classify any ailment linked to the site as an occupational disease.
Cleaning Set For Exteriors Near 9/11 Site
Within a few weeks, efforts will begin to clean the exteriors of hundreds of buildings around the World Trade Center site, to keep pollutants like asbestos from blowing off them and into apartments, city and federal officials said today.
Cleaning Set For Exteriors Near 9/11 Site
Within a few weeks, efforts will begin to clean the exteriors of hundreds of buildings around the World Trade Center site, to keep pollutants like asbestos from blowing off them and into apartments, city and federal officials said today.
A NATION CHALLENGED: MENTAL HEALTH; Thousands in Manhattan Needed Therapy After Attack, Study Finds
In the aftermath of the World Trade Center collapse, tens of thousands of Manhattan residents suffered emotional difficulties severe enough to warrant psychiatric treatment, according to a report in the new issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, out today.
A NATION CHALLENGED: MENTAL HEALTH; Thousands in Manhattan Needed Therapy After Attack, Study Finds
In the aftermath of the World Trade Center collapse, tens of thousands of Manhattan residents suffered emotional difficulties severe enough to warrant psychiatric treatment, according to a report in the new issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, out today.
The True Toll On Firefighters Is Still Untold
After Sept. 11, there was no end to the ways the New York Fire Department could compute its losses: 343 members; 91 vehicles; the chief of the department; a beloved chaplain.
The True Toll On Firefighters Is Still Untold
After Sept. 11, there was no end to the ways the New York Fire Department could compute its losses: 343 members; 91 vehicles; the chief of the department; a beloved chaplain. But for the surviving men and women, there was another kind of math they did in their heads and worried about as they tried to look forward.