NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
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Elliot Zuckerman
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November 21, 2001
These levels are very low and do not indicate that the combustion processes occurring at the World Trade
Center site are causing hazardous concentrations of dioxins and PCBs in the outdoor the air at North End
Avenue. The total TEQ is below the California chronic reference exposure level of 3.5 pg/m 3, which is
the only standard that we have encountered to date and is based on long term exposure. Additionally, the
EPA estimates that an average daily exposure to TEQ is 119 pg/day. The major source of dioxin exposure
is diet, due to its tendency to bioaccumulate up the food' chain. In other words, a TEQ of 2 pg/day is
thought to be1rom inhalation exposure and the other 117 pg/day is thought be from meat, dairy and
to
fish intake.
Please know that we are processing the data as diligently as possible and that we will offer updated
reports as the information becomes available.
Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Signed for Ambient Group, by:
William A. Esposito, CIH
President
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