World Trade Center environmental data report, 2001-2002

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

“They demonstrated the ability of the American health care system and of individual public health workers to respond magnificently to an unprecedented crisis,” wrote Landrigan, remarks in a paper, “The Aftermath of September 11*- Lessons Learned for Public Health.”

Nevertheless, the environmental response, he argues, “underscored deep problems in the nation’s public health infrastructure.”

Footnotes: 1) An early number given 10,000 ~ Early number given by U.S. Rep. Jim Moran of the possible dead in the World Trade Center. An estimated 30,000 to 50,000 might have been in or near the center's twin towers when they were hit by hijacked jetliners Tuesday morning. How many of them escaped before the 110-stoiy buildings collapsed soon after remained unknown.

http://www.greatdreams.com/trade dav2.htm»

(2)http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/sbw/sessions 1 2/pdfs/bemard.pdf

(3) http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:0F5eOkMTJFlJ:www.epa.gov/aimow/presentations2002/wemer.pdf+%22world +trade+center%22+%2B+standard+disaster&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

(4) http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/gr/qrl40/qrl40.html

(51 http://www.ochealthinfo.eom/newsletters/whatsup/2001/01-l l.pdf

(6)EPA Response to 9-11, Pentagon Environmental Monitoring Summary

http://www.cpa.gov/wtc/pcntagon-air-sampling.htm

(7) Klitzman, Susan, and Freudenberg, Nicholas, “Implications of the World Trade Center Attack for the Public Health and Health Care Infrastructures,” American Journal ofPublic Health. 2003; 93:400-406 (8) U.S. State Department, http:/Zusinfo.state.gov/topical/pol/ten‘or/01100304.htm October 3. 2001 (9) Paul W. O’Brien, Institutional Warning Response Following the September 11th World Trade Center Attack, Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center University of Colorado http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/qr/qrl 50/qrl 50.html (10) Rodrigue, Christine, “Patterns of Media Coverage of the Terrorist Attacks on the United States in September of2001.” http.7/www.nvu.edu/icis/Recovery/pubs/rodrigue-updateO1 .pdf (11) Stranahan, Susan, “Air of Uncertainty,” American Journalism Review http://www .air.org/Article.asp?id=2746 (12) Schools cif Ground Zero: Early Lesson Learned in Children’s Environmental Health, by Sarah Bartlett and John Patrarca, a joint publication of the American Public Health Association and Healthy Schools Network, 2002. (13) Schools ofGround Zero, p. 28.

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