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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
The dangers from asbestos, such as asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma, show up only after 15 or more years, and usually after long-term exposure. Called for Help The one tenant was worried enough that by mid-April she asked Joel Kupferman of the New York Environmental Law and Justice Project to come to 150 Franklin and collect dust samples. Kupferman sent three samples to a laboratory. The lab results showed levels of 1.2%, 1.4% and 1.8% asbestos. He immediately notified the EPA and the city’s Department of Environmental Protection, and those agencies analyzed new samples on April 18. The DEP, using a crude analytical method called polarized light microscopy, detected no asbestos. But EPA scientists, using a more sophisticated method called transmission electron microscopy, found even higher levels, from 2% to 5% asbestos. "We recommended that it be professionally cleaned," said EPA spokesperson Mary Mears. According to several political and community leaders, 150 Franklin may not be an isolated case. "For almost eight months now people in lower Manhattan who who took the word of the EPA have been living in conditions that are potentially hazardous to their health," said Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan) through a spokesman yesterday. Nadler has been demanding for months that EPA test and cleanup the indoor spaces in every building near Ground Zero. EPA Administrator Christie Whitman announced a plan recently to assist the city in cleaning the facades and roofs of buildings downtown, and her aides now say they are considering what to do about indoor spaces.
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NYC-WTC_000162188
EPA news article forwarded to DEP staff for informational purposes regarding WTC-related environmental matters.
4 shared non-person entities · 1 shared topics · Same agency, volume and box · similarity 0.943
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Request for proposal documentation and vendor list for live operator services to assist with World Trade Center information inquiries.
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Document excerpt listing counsel and staff members assigned to a paper on infrastructure related to World Trade Center recovery.
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Internal assignment to handle a response to a public message received via NYC.gov regarding environmental protection.
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Memorandum comparing asbestos data in Manhattan to other sites and arguing for cleanup under the Superfund statute.
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Article reporting that the EPA will lead an effort to clean up and test apartments south of Canal Street.
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Internal tracking document for managing reports, comments, and actions related to environmental compliance cases.
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Correspondence from tenants alleges improper actions by the DEP regarding asbestos presence in their offices following the attacks.
4 shared non-person entities · 1 shared topics · similarity 0.936
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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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Letter from the NYC Department of Health dated February 8, 2002, summarizing environmental sampling and asbestos testing results at a residential building.
4 shared non-person entities · similarity 0.934
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EPA memorandum addressing World Trade Center asbestos contamination status and agency efforts to provide information on the situation.
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Frequently asked questions and updates regarding disaster assistance, road reopenings, and victim support funds issued in October 2001.
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Request for proposal documentation and vendor list for live operator services to assist with World Trade Center information inquiries.
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Internal memo forwarding a resident's concerns about apartment cleaning and air quality near a garage.
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Forwarded EPA memorandum dated June 9, 2002, concerning the Asbestos Reservoir and carpet testing methods.
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Technical memorandum from EPA discussing ultrasonication testing for asbestos in carpets and HEPA vacuuming effectiveness.
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Technical memorandum from EPA discussing ultrasonication testing for asbestos in carpets and HEPA vacuuming effectiveness.
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Forwarded EPA memorandum dated June 9, 2002, concerning the Asbestos Reservoir and carpet testing methods.
Similarity score 0.963 (not a probability)
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NYC-WTC_000162065
Notice instructing staff to preserve original World Trade Center documents as evidence for potential legal actions against the City.
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NYC-WTC_000162066
Daily summary of calls received by the WTC hotline on May 1, 2002, categorized by topic.
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NYC-WTC_000162067
Daily summary of calls received by WTC hotline operators on May 1, 2002, categorized by topic.
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NYC-WTC_000162071
Correspondence regarding EPA and FEMA meetings on indoor air quality approaches for the World Trade Center site.
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NYC-WTC_000162073
Daily summary of calls received by the WTC hotline on May 2, 2002, including requests for indoor air testing.
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