NYC-WTC_000230687

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

NEW YORK POST. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2001

New study bares asbestos threat I By LINDA MASSAR ELIA \ ' . and FRANKIE EDOZIEN 911 An independent researcher .'-confirms what New Yorkers have feared since the choreo­ graphed mayhem of Sept. 11; - Wp ■ Y. I ■There’s far more asbestos lin­ gering in the air than the gov­

"3Im ernment would have us believe. ■ New air and ground samplings w ; C,‘'. / • by HP Environmental reveal the ' force of the explosions scat­ tered.asbestos into fibers so tiny .-that they evaded the Environ­ mental Protection Agency’s original tests, Newsweek re­ I ports, HP, a top toxicology firm, was hired by one of the cleanup companies to assess health risks to employees. The new study concludes that the tiny fibers still dusting lower Manhattan are being missed by standard microscopy techniques. "This stuff was just crushed, just pulverized," Newsweek 03 ■ f3Ba a quotes the lead author of the ------------------------- ---------- -................... NOT BREATHING EASY: Air tests indicate there's more asbestos in the air from ground zero ‘“a^i M ou^rhen we now ‘^an the ERA led New Yorkers to believe. Newsweek reports. Brigitte Stelzer measure and look for these very small fibers in the air and build­ He said smaller fibers cause a diate threat to people outside Neal Cohen yesterday again de­ ings, we find them, and we find greater threat than larger parti- the ground-zero area,”.she said. nied that there were health risks them in uniquely elevated con­ cles because they can travel But samples The Post took to New Yorkers. centrations.” miles through the air. from some clothing two . days "The repeated testing done at ' Granger said he found ashes-. Following the Sept, 11 attack, after the disaster revealed a the site as well as beyond the tos within several blocks of EPA chief Christie Whitman concentration rate of l.S fibers site has consistently shown that ground zero; even inside un- downplayed the danger to peo-' per cubic centimeter — almost all the health and safety stan- damaged buildings nearby and pie living near ground zero. twice the rate considered safe. d^4s for asbestos have been as hieh uD as 36 floors. '’ ' “Right' fiowythere’s rib imme- City Health Commissioner Dr. met," he said: ’ I ' ■

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