World Trade Center and 9/11

Asbestos, Minerals, and United States Policy (5/21/07)

An April 19, 2007 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals (Lombardi v. Whitman) provides stunning insight into the aftermath of the 9/11 attack. Five years after rushing to assist Twin Tower victims, first responders and cleanup workers are dying. The injured participated in search, rescue, and clean-up work at the site with no equipment to protect their lungs. In court documents, the plaintiffs alleged the U.S. Government issued reassuring and knowingly deceptive and misleading statements that the ambient air they inhaled presented no health risks to the public. More...

Years After Attacks, Sept. 11 Deaths On The Rise (1/30/07)

Deborah Reeve got a cold, a cough and a fever that wouldn't go away. It was more than two years after she had left recovery efforts at Ground Zero.

A month later, the nonsmoker was diagnosed with mesothelioma, an asbestos-related cancer. By last spring, the 41-year-old mother of two was dead. More...

Health Effects of White Asbestos (2/22/06)

When the towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York collapsed in September 2001, they released a cloud of hazardous material that included 2000 tons of asbestos. More...

The Cruel Saga of Asbestos Disease (2/21/05)

The fall of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, resulted in a vast toxic cloud that contained a whole range of pollutants, including hundreds of tons of asbestos insulation and thousands of tons of asbestos-containing floor tiles. When the EPA proposed to alert the citizens of Lower Manhattan to the obvious health hazard, it was overruled by the White House Council on Environmental Quality, which apparently wished to avoid any action that might impede the reopening of Wall Street. More...

9/11 Sick & Injured Seek Help from President & Congress - Describe Toll of Ongoing Health & Financial Struggles (2/1/05)

Today (Feb. 1, 2005) at Penn Station, before a trip to Washington, D.C. to speak directly to members of Congress and for several, to attend the President's State of the Union address, a coalition of Ground Zero first responders, area residents, medical experts, and public officials urged Washington leaders to improve the federal response to the lasting and significant health impacts of 9/11. More...

Ground Zero: The Most Dangerous Workplace Ecological Impact of 9/11
Part One of a Three-Part Series (1/24/05)

After EPA failed to warn the estimated 40,000 rescue and recovery workers who responded to the WTC tragedy on or after 9/11, thousands have fallen ill and hundreds encounter resistance to health care and compensation claims. More...

9/11 Memo Reveals Asbestos 'Cover-Up' (6/16/04)

An Environmental Protection Agency memo claims city and federal officials concealed data that showed lower Manhattan air was clouded with asbestos after the World Trade Center collapse. More...