New York City Department of
Health Role in WTC Disaster
•Conducting ongoing surveiiiance of worker
injuries
•Inspecting food distribution and
handwashing stations
•Consulting on the assessment of the
environmental safety of the schools in the
community
• And we are still Conducting ongoing surveillance of worker injuries
• Inspecting food distribution and handwashing stations
• Consulting on the assessment of environmental safety of the schools
in the community
In today’s hearing we are focusing on the environmental monitoring
and environmental risks. As discussed by others, since the first day of
the World Trade Center disaster, the rapid and continued
coordination among federal, state and local environmental,
occupational and health agencies around such monitoring and risk
communication has probably been unprecedented.
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NYC-WTC_000153844Source: NYC Law Department, mirrored locally
EPA internal memorandum addressing allegations that NYC and EPA concealed environmental data following 9/11, with evidence not previously evaluated in an August 2003 EPA Inspector…
Statement prepared by the NYC Department of Environmental Protection for a hearing regarding environmental impacts on lower Manhattan following September 11.