Piles of debris transported from the World Trade Center stand in the Fresh Kills landfill,
oactive hot spots.” other protective gear.
The city uses Geiger counters to Whatever is buried at Fresh
check for radiation in the dump Kills will probably have to be
trucks before the rubble is un- tested for as many as 60 different
loaded, and the tests have all been chemicals to determine if any haz-
negative, she said. ardous substances are present.
There is also no risk from air- “I would suspect it’s not going to
borne diseases transmitted from be hazardous,” Skinner said. Met-
decomposing body parts at the als such as cadmium and lead are
dump, said Ms. Mullin. The only probably not present in large
people who may be at risk are quantities, he. said, and plastics —
those working with the debris, even when burned or melted —
who could cut themselves and be- ere very stable chemically, and
come susceptible to blood-borne won’t contaminate the site.
illnesses. She stressed that the risk But, he said, “I wouldn’t want to
is minimal, and said that volun- say there’s nothing in there with-
teers are working with gloves and out testing.”
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Document outlining key personnel and roles within the Department of Environmental Protection during the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks.
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Forwarded news article describing EPA air monitoring efforts in lower Manhattan and findings that WTC dust was highly caustic and potentially hazardous to health, February 2002.