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To: JohnM who wrote (7085)	9/7/2003 3:08:48 PM
From: unclewest	Respond to of 793897

The issue is (a) the EPA said there were no worries about air quality immeidately after 9-11; (b) that a great deal of contamination was sprinkled from the WTC into the immediate area and into other neighborhoods of NYC, including, most especially, the wind that carried them into Brooklyn neighborhoods; (c) that private investigations of contamination in all these areas showed heavy stuff right after 9-11; (d) that folk living in these areas suffered health consequences; and (e) the long term effects could be serious. (a) If immediately after means a few days later...I would agree generally with the EPA about the air quality. Though the area directly around ground zero continued to suffer from smoke and later some debris was released by the demolition... DH Griffin Co. (the wrecking co) employed extraordinary measures to control debris, both at the site and in the vehicles used to haul it away and at the dump sites. (b) If that means the southernmost tip of Manhattan and the area directly beneath the plume as depicted in the aerial photos and satellite views, I agree they were contaminated with fallout debris. (c) Have not read those studies...but I agree that heavy contamination in some neighborhoods certainly occurred...That is why the Feds ordered them evacuated. (d) I believe that. (e) Yes, they could be, but right now that is speculative.