Internal assignment to handle a response to a public message received via NYC.gov regarding environmental protection.
NYC-WTC_000161106–000161110Folder label: “E-mails R. Avaltroni 2002”
OCR status: ok · source: pdftotext
NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Nearly all were suffering from two groups of symptoms: a combination of upper airway irritation, coughing, sore throat, chest discomfort and nasal congestion; and a cluster consisting of headaches, insomnia, poor appetite and dizziness, Markowitz said. Perhaps one or two of every thousand workers who cleaned buildings without proper protection could develop mesothelioma, a rare cancer affecting the sac lining of the chest or abdomen, said Levin, of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Levin said he based his estimate on construction workers like plumbers and electricians, whose mesothelioma rates have generally run below 1 in 1,000. Cancers linked to asbestos almost certainly would not appear for decades. That workers had symptoms weeks after they stopped working indicates health problems beyond simple irritation from inhaling the dust, Markowitz said. High concentrations of pulverized glass or fiberglass certainly could have harmed workers' respiratory systems, Markowitz said. Alkaline dust dissolving in the water and mucus of the airways also could have been caustic enough to cause damage, he said. "I'm at a loss, really, to explain why people had those symptoms," Markowitz said. "I say the dust was toxic because we have human proof." (See attached file: mweissenstein.vcf)
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Agenda listing panelists from federal agencies, unions, and city departments for a March 2004 conference on post-9/11 air quality.
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EPA news article forwarded to DEP staff for informational purposes regarding WTC-related environmental matters.
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Summary of calls received by the WTC hotline regarding cleaning, health, and indoor air testing requests.
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Article describing a $12 million program offering free medical tests for police and rescue workers exposed to hazardous substances.
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Report stating federal funds will cover costs for cleaning potentially asbestos-laden dust from schools near Ground Zero.
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Draft excerpt describing the FEMA-funded residential testing and cleaning program administered by EPA and New York City following the attacks.
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Forwarding of draft EPA OIG report excerpts for legal and technical review before August deadline.
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Draft excerpts from an EPA Office of Inspector General report reviewing the World Trade Center indoor environmental response.
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Representative's news release criticizing the EPA for inadequate response to cleanup of buildings contaminated by the World Trade Center collapse and calling for removal of debris…
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Report discusses physician statements that asbestos-related disease risks are slightly higher but very small for most people.
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Report stating federal funds will cover costs for cleaning potentially asbestos-laden dust from schools near Ground Zero.
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Summary of calls received by the WTC hotline regarding cleaning, health, and indoor air testing requests.
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Agenda listing panelists from federal agencies, unions, and city departments for a March 2004 conference on post-9/11 air quality.
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Form recording a DEP referral and a 'No' follow-up decision regarding conditions at the World Trade Center.
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