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Sacramento Bee article on NYC air hazards, Oct 2001

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Printed newspaper article from the Sacramento Bee discussing air hazards found in New York City following the September 11 attacks.

NYC-WTC_000144596–000144606

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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

1 The Sacramento Bee - sacbee.com -- N.Y. air hazards found

Comparative particulate concentrations The lewis of very fine and ultra-fir® particles near the World Trade Center site as compared with peak days of air pollution for Beipng, considered the worst In the world, and Bakersfield, some of ihe worst in the U.S. IB World Trade Center. <kL3,2001 700.....................- 643......... — « 600------------------ March 31,2001 I 500----------- H Bakersfield, I 400------------- g 300........... — ■s— ■o— — Jan.23.2CC

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Worrisome findings ♦ The coBapse of the twin towers spewed lung-piercing partfctes, • Vapors from the super-hot wreckage ©ratted still nwe of the pweniially dar^erote particles weeks after the collapse. ♦ Some of the particles were insoliible elenrents of concrete and glass - silcon, calcium, aluirtnum - that can stay Icdged in the lur^ for decades. Gomtnews « Relatively few cancer-causing asbestos fibers from the building* fir^roonr^ matwial were detected. e Glass from thousand^ of windows and computer screens disintegrated Bito smooth particles instead of more dar^erous shards. ® Lead tevels were low. The metal can dama^ the central nervous system, particularly In chadren.

Sojce: UC Davis Secffimento Bee/SbaMon Carpartter

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