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From: Kelly McKinney To: D'Andrea. Christopher; Jeffery, Nancy; Leighton, Jessica; Thomas, Polly; Tucker, Andrew Date: 12/23/02 6:21PM Subject: R(3: Fwd: WTC dust study
Lioy published a detailed study of WTC dust in June with results that were generally consistent with what we've seen. Weaknesses in his analysis in the past have been small sample size (n=3) and no indication of background concentrations.
»> Andrew Tucker 12/23/02 06:00PM »> Have you guys heard anything about the attached email/article from Environmental Science & Technology? ************************************************
»> Summary; > »> A new study of dust samples taken from around Manhattan in the days > »> following Sept. 11.2001. could offer some much-needed good news to > >» survivors of the World Trade Center attacks. A team of researchers tested > >» debris from tfie collapsed towers for toxic organic chemicals and found > »> that the potertial risk of exposure from inhaling such compounds was > >lower > >» than expected. > »> > »> Contact: Beverly Hassell > »> > »> 202-872-4065 > »> > »> b hassell@a:s.orq > »> > »> FOR IMMED ATE RELEASE > >» > »> World Trade Center dust analysis offers good news for New Yorkers > »> > »> The rubble has been cleared from the World Trade Center site, but > >» questions still loom about the long-term health effects on people who > »> survived the terrorist attacks. A new study of dust samples taken from > »> around Manhattan in the days following Sept. 11,2001, could offer some > »> much-neede(J good news. > »> > »> A team of researchers tested debris from the collapsed towers for toxic > >» organic chemicals and found that the potential risk of exposure from > »> inhaling such compounds was lower than expected. The findings are > »> scheduled to appear in the Feb. 1 print edition of Environmental Science > >& > »> Technology, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Chemical Society, the > »> world's largest scientific society. The article was initially published > >» Dec. 18 on the journal's Web site. > »> > »> The scientists were looking specifically for persistent organic > >pollutants > »> - highly stable compounds that pose a special problem because they endure > »> in the environment and can be toxic to humans and wildlife. They found no > »> evidence of tiigh levels of two particular POPs: pesticides and > »> polychlorinated biphenyls, which were used in hundreds of industrial and > »> commercial applications until their production was banned in 1977.
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