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Health concerns regarding WTC area residents, Sept 2001

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Report discusses community concerns about potential illnesses from substances produced by the disaster.

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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document .. шаке а ропист сонтоицик. оvrsa Cleanup bids for WTC-area apts. The city is preparing to seek bids for Contractors will use special vacuums the painstaking, expensive job of clean- to clean floors, walls, furniture and even ing contaminants out of apartments books for tiny particles. Workers also around Ground Zero — a job that will will wipe down apartments by hand. begin next month and take a year, offi- The total cleanup bill, to be footed by clals said yesterday. the Federal Emergency Management Tens of thousands of homes surround- Agency, is not yet clear. But the price ing the disaster site have received mail- tag for a single apartment is expected to ings notifying them free testing and range from $3,000 to as much as $8,000, cleanup of their apartments are avail- officials said. able A hotline for people concerned about contamination, (877) 796-5471, is open So far, however, only 3,000 house- holds have requested cleaning and test- until Sept. 3, but that deadline will like- ly be extended, officials said. ing. Another 1,000 have asked for test- The EPA bowed to pressure from infu- ing alone. riated tenants around Ground Zero in The federal Environmental Protection May, promising to clean and test apart- Agency is running the massive cleanup ments for asbestos. The agency main- of dust that could contain hazardous as- tains there is no major health hazard in bestos, dioxin and metais. the area. Celeste Katz • NYC-WTC_000151948 DAILY NEWS • Wednesday, August 7, 2002 i

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