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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

The City of New York DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE (dichael R. Bloomberg Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., m.p.h. Mayor Commissioner

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South Bridge Tower, Inc. Tony Medina 90 Beekman Street New York, New York 10038

September 2002

Dear Mr. Medina: 11 As part of an ongoing effort collapse of the World Trade Center, the New York City Departn .. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry conducted 1 of 2001 at selected residences in lower Manhattan. Sample: asbestos and fiberglass) and minerals commonly found in buildir

Enclosed are the sampling treet. Results from air and dust sampling for asbestos wer bruary 2002). Also enclosed is a copy of the Executive Summar, ; Health Investigation to Assess Potential Exposures to Airborne and Settled ---------- Areas ofLower Manhattan. A complete copy of this report, which includes the sampling results for the entire assessment, can be found on our web page at www .nyc. gov/health.

The results of air sampling in your building, and for all of the buildings that were sampled in lower Manhattan, did not show the presence of a public health hazard. However, because of the increased presence of contaminants in many of the settled dust samples (as compared to sampled residences outside of lower Manhattan), we are recommending that residents continue to conduct frequent cleaning using vacuums with HEPA (high efficiency particulate air) filtration and damp cloths/mops to reduce the potential for making the dust airborne.

Lower Manhattan residents concerned about possible World Trade Center-related dust in their residential areas can receive information and request cleaning and/or testing from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by logging on to the agency's World Trade Center Web page at www.epa.gov/wtc or by calling the EPA hotline at l-(877)-796-5471. If you have questions about this information, please do not hesitate to contact me at (212) 788-4290.

Sincerely,

Nancy Loder Jeffery, RN, MPH Environmental and Occupational Disease Epidemiology Unit

Enclosures: 1. Results of Air and Settled Dust Sampling at 66 Frankfort Street and at 90 Gold Street 2. Executive Summary: Final Report of the Public Health Investigation to Assess Potential Exposures To Airborne and Settled Surface Dust in Residential Areas of Lower Manhattan

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