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little or no English, were hired to clean up dust-laden buildings, Dr. Levin said, with little or no protection or instruction.

"It’s a public health outrage that they were permitted to be exposed this way," he said.

Other public health experts said that Dr. Levin’s presentation reinforced their assessment that the long-term health consequences of the attacks were not likely to be severe for the general population.

"My assessment hasn’t changed," said Patrick L. Kiimey, an associate professor of public health at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. "The main health concern was workers around the pile," he said.

But Professor Kinney added that there had been health effects that were not life-threatening, including new cases of asthma and sinusitis in people who were exposed to the dust.

"Beyond that, Fm not aware of any data that has suggested that people off-site have suffered any important health consequences," he said.

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