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      <P ALIGN=RIGHT><I><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial">[http://www.nycosh.org/linktopics/WTC-catastrophe_archiveDec2001
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      <H2><FONT COLOR="#ff0000" FACE="Arial">World Trade Center catastrophe
      safety and health links archive - December 2001 - January 2002</FONT></H2>
      <P ALIGN=RIGHT><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">The number
      of links on this topic is too great for display on a single page.
      We have arranged all the links on a series of pages, including
      this one, another with material from <A HREF="WTC-catastrophe_archive_Sept-Nov.html">September-November,</A>
      and a third with the <A HREF="WTC-catastrophe.html">most recent
      information.</A> In addition, some more recent links will be
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      these links are grouped by subject, such as Compensation or Asbestos,
      with non-specific links categorized as News or Occupational Safety
      and Health Resources. &nbsp;Within each subject, the newest listings
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      <H3><A NAME="anchor225981"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">ASBESTOS LINKS
      (</FONT><FONT SIZE="+0" FACE="Arial">December 2001- January 2002)<BR>
      </FONT><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">For links material published
      before December 1, 2001, <A HREF="WTC-catastrophe_archive_Sept-Nov.html#anchor289248">click
      here</A>.<BR>
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      here.</A></FONT></H3>
      <UL>
        <LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">OSHA Standards Interpretation
        Letter </FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">&#151; Wherever
        there is settled dust from the collapse, &quot;proper precautions&quot;
        include compliance with the OSHA asbestos standard: &quot;In
        that the materials containing asbestos were used in the construction
        of the Twin Towers, the settled dust from their collapse must
        be presumed to contain asbestos. Therefore [testing of the dust]
        is not necessary in order to establish that the applicable provisions
        of the Construction Asbestos standard apply during the demolition
        or salvage of affected structures.&quot; <A HREF="../WTCcatastrophe/OSHA_Jan31_InterpretationLetter.html"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A> (January 31)</FONT><BR>
<BR>
        <LI><A NAME="anchor101212"></A><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Asbestos
        Risks Near Ground Zero May Be Far Greater Than Government Reports</FONT></I></B><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 13)
        Federal and state officials in New York have grossly underestimated
        or played down the number of people in lower Manhattan who are
        at risk of being sickened or killed from exposure to asbestos
        released in the collapse of the World Trade Center. Evaluations
        of analyses done by teams of leading asbestos researchers show
        the increased risk of death to people who live, work or study
        in homes or offices that have not been properly decontaminated
        could be as high as one additional cancer death for every 10
        people exposed. <B><I>For the full text of this article, reproduced
        as part of </I></B></FONT><B><I><FONT COLOR="#ff0000" SIZE="-1"
         FACE="Arial">NYCOSH in the News,</FONT><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">
        <A HREF="../NYCOSHNews/2002-january-News.html#anchor864111">click
        here</A>, or to view it on the newspaper's own website click
        on: </FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/news/D06F5999A373550F86256B400053EAA9?OpenDocument&highlight=2%2Cschneider%2Casbestos?opendocument&headline=Asbestos+risks+near+ground+zero+may+be+far+greater+than+government+reports"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A></FONT><BR>
<BR>
        <LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Decades of Asbestos Deaths
        in Montana Mining Town May Help New Yorkers Evaluate Their Risk</FONT></I></B><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 13)
        Much of the asbestos-tainted vermiculite that spewed from the
        collapsing World Trade Center was dug from a mine in the Cabinet
        Mountains above Libby, Montana. And in Libby, as in New York,
        environmental and health officials failed to disclose just how
        dangerous the mineral could be. <A HREF="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/4434FBC2BC8512C986256B3F0072CDCD?OpenDocument&Headline=Decades+of+asbestos+deaths+in+Montana+mining+town+may+help+New+Yorkers+evaluate+their+risk"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"><BR>
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        </A></FONT>
        <LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Preliminary Assessment
        of Asbestos Contamination of Lower Manhattan</FONT></I></B><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">, January 11, 2002, by Cate Jenkins,
        EPA Hazardous Waste Identification Division <A HREF="../WTCcatastrophe/WTC-Libby-Jenkins-01-11.pdf"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A><B><I><IMG SRC="../images/acroicon.gif"
        WIDTH="40" HEIGHT="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></I></B></FONT>
        <UL>
          <LI><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Asbestos in Manhattan compared
          to Libby Superfund site</FONT>
          <LI><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Why cleanup of WTC contamination
          is ineffective to date</FONT>
          <LI><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Advantages of cleanup under
          Superfund statute</FONT>
          <LI><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Summary risk assessment for
          WTC fallout<BR>
<BR>
          </FONT>
        </UL>
        <LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Memorandum</FONT></I></B><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">, December 19, 2001, by Cate Jenkins,
        EPA Hazardous Waste Identification Division <A HREF="../WTCcatastrophe/WTC-risk-assess-Jenkins-12-19-01.pdf"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A><B><I><IMG SRC="../images/acroicon.gif"
        WIDTH="40" HEIGHT="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></I></B></FONT>
        <UL>
          <LI><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Wipe sampling for asbestos in
          Lower Manhattan</FONT>
          <LI><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Projection of airborne levels
          from settled WTC dusts</FONT>
          <LI><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Estimation of increased cancer
          risks based on various WTC dust exposure scenarios<BR>
<BR>
          </FONT>
        </UL>
        <LI><A HREF="../WTCcatastrophe/WTC-asbestos-Jenkins.pdf"><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">World Trade Center Asbestos</FONT></I></B></A><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> <IMG SRC="../images/acroicon.gif" WIDTH="40"
        HEIGHT="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></FONT></I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">&#151; </FONT></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Memorandum
        from Cate Jenkins, EPA Hazardous Waste Identification Division
        to Robert Dellinger, Director of EPA Hazardous Waste Identification
        Division, December 3</FONT>
      </UL>
      <P><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">For links material published
      before December 1, 2001, <A HREF="WTC-catastrophe_archive_Sept-Nov.html#anchor289248">click
      here</A>.</FONT></I></B></P>
      <H3><FONT FACE="Arial"><BR>
      </FONT><A NAME="anchor226449"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">BREAKING
      NEWS (</FONT><FONT SIZE="+0" FACE="Arial">December 2001- January
      2002)<BR>
      </FONT><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">For links material published
      before December 1, 2001, </FONT></I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><A
      HREF="WTC-catastrophe_archive_Sept-Nov.html#anchor290026">click
      here.<BR>
      </A>For links material published after January 31, 2002, <A 
      HREF="WTC-catastrophe.html#anchor263105">click here.</A></FONT></H3>
      <UL>
        <LI><A NAME="anchor1682661"></A><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">EPA
        Official: Lower Manhattan Should Be a Superfund Site</FONT></I></B><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151; (OccupationalHazards.com, January
        23) &#151; A memo circulating in certain circles casts doubt
        on claims made by federal agencies such as the Occupational Safety
        and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection
        Agency (EPA) that monitoring has not uncovered hazardous levels
        of asbestos and other hazards near the World Trade Center (WTC)
        site. Ironically, the memo was written by an EPA employee. &nbsp;<B><I>Are
        EPA's Monitoring and Cleanup Efforts at WTC Effective?</I></B>
        (OccupationalHazards.com, January 24) At least one employee of
        the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) believes that her agency's
        monitoring efforts are falling short in the battle to protect
        residents and workers in the area surrounding the World Trade
        Center (WTC) site. <A HREF="http://www.occupationalhazards.com/"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"><BR>
<BR>
        </A></FONT>
        <LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Family Wants Facts In
        Death</FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151; (Newsday,
        January 24) &#151; The family of a demolition worker who died
        a day after being rushed from the teetering Verizon building
        at Ground Zero has hired an attorney to determine if the man
        perished in a work-related accident. <B><I>For the full text
        of this article, reproduced as part of </I></B></FONT><B><I><FONT
         COLOR="#ff0000" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">NYCOSH in the News,</FONT><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> <A HREF="../NYCOSHNews/2002-january-News.html#anchor22791">click
        here</A>, or to view it on the newspaper's own website click
        on: </FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="../NYCOSHNews/2002News.html#anchor22791"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A></FONT><BR>
<BR>
        <LI><A NAME="anchor9682"></A><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Senators
        Clinton and Lieberman to Hold Hearing on Downtown Air Quality</FONT></I></B><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151; (New York Times, January 20)
        &#151; Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Senator Joseph I. Lieberman
        of Connecticut will lead a hearing in the city next month concerning
        the air quality at ground zero, particularly the health effects
        of early exposure to dust clouds from the trade center collapse,
        she announced yesterday. <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/20/politics/20AIR.html"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"><BR>
<BR>
        </A></FONT>
        <LI><A HREF="../index.html#anchor156356"><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1"
         FACE="Arial">NYCOSH-Supported Medical Monitoring Unit for WTC-Area
        Day Laborers Receives Honor from New York 1 News</FONT></I></B></A><BR>
<BR>
        <LI><A NAME="anchor107767"></A><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">EPA
        Criticized About Cleanup</FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">
        &#151; (Newsday, January 18) &#151; Rep. Jerrold Nadler revealed
        yesterday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had its
        offices near the World Trade Center professionally cleaned by
        an asbestos contractor after Sept. 11, while local residents
        were advised to clean with &quot;wet rags.&quot; <A HREF="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nyhaz182556022jan18.story"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A></FONT><BR>
<BR>
        <LI><A NAME="anchor99888"></A><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Feds
        Hit on WTC Cleanup: Nadler Says EPA Double Standard May Pose
        Health Risk </FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">&#151;
        (Daily News, January 18) &#151; Rep. Jerrold Nadler accused the
        Environmental Protection Agency yesterday of grossly mishandling
        cleanup efforts after the Sept. 11 attacks, jeopardizing the
        health of New Yorkers. Nadler said the EPA had a double standard
        &#151; recommending that New Yorkers use a wet rag to collect
        dust from the twin towers collapse while extensively testing
        and professionally cleaning its own offices in lower Manhattan.
        <A HREF="http://www.nydailynews.com/2002-01-18/News_and_Views/City_Beat/a-138585.asp"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A></FONT><BR>
<BR>
        <LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Some See N.Y. Air as a
        Hidden Menace: Many Believe EPA Cited Safety Too Quickly</FONT></I></B><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151;&nbsp;(Los Angeles Times, January
        18) &#151; As New Yorkers choked and gagged under a cloud of
        smoky dust after the World Trade Center attacks, the Environmental
        Protection Agency constantly assured them that the air did not
        pose a major health risk. <B><I>For the full text of this article,
        reproduced as part of </I></B></FONT><B><I><FONT COLOR="#ff0000"
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">NYCOSH in the News,</FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"
         FACE="Arial"> <A HREF="../NYCOSHNews/2002-january-News.html#anchor180868">click
        here</A>, or to view it on the newspaper's own website click
        on: </FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-011802air.story"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A></FONT><BR>
<BR>
        <LI><A NAME="anchor100224"></A><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">U.S.
        Agency Not Protecting Public Health, Officials Say</FONT></I></B><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151; (New York Times, January 18)
        &#151; The Federal Environmental Protection Agency failed to
        protect the public health by not focusing more attention on indoor
        air quality, which continues to be a nagging issue for thousands
        of residents and workers near the World Trade Center site, a
        group of elected officials from New York City said yesterday.
        <IMG SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"><BR>
<BR>
        </FONT>
        <LI><A NAME="anchor100672"></A><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">WTC
        Cleanup Worker Died</FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">
        &#151; (Newsday, January 18) &#151; A man performing cleanup
        in the weeks after the World Trade Center attack died at a hospital
        a day after being rushed from his work site with complaints of
        dizziness, officials said yesterday. His employer did not report
        the incident until six days after he was taken to the hospital
        and ultimately was fined $100. <B><I>For the full text of this
        article, reproduced as part of </I></B></FONT><B><I><FONT COLOR="#ff0000"
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">NYCOSH in the News,</FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"
         FACE="Arial"> <A HREF="../NYCOSHNews/2002-january-News.html#anchor57691">click
        here</A>, or to view it on the newspaper's own website click
        on: </FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/newyork/ny-nywork182556037jan18.story"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A></FONT><BR>
<BR>
        <LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">WTC-Area Laborers Not
        Getting Much Help: Clinic Finds Safety Precautions Are Often
        Lacking for Immigrant Workers Wading Through the Dust and Debris
        Near Ground Zero</FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">
        &#151; (Staten Island Advance, January 18) &#151; After Sept.
        11, Omar Jaime and Sara Casa joined a legion of immigrant workers
        in Downtown Manhattan cleaning offices coated with dust and debris
        from the World Trade Center collapse. Although they had heard
        the dust could contain contaminants, they claimed their employers
        told them it was safe to clean without protective equipment.
        <B><I>For the full text of this article, reproduced as part of
        </I></B></FONT><B><I><FONT COLOR="#ff0000" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">NYCOSH
        in the News,</FONT><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> <A HREF="../NYCOSHNews/2002-january-News.html#anchor1192131">click
        here</A>, or to view it on the newspaper's own website click
        on: </FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/10113669091175120.xml"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A></FONT><BR>
<BR>
        <LI><A HREF="../NYCOSHNews/2002News.html#anchor1192131"><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Clinic Finds Safety Precautions Are Often
        Lacking for Immigrant Workers Wading Through the Dust and Debris
        Near Ground Zero</FONT></I></B></A><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">
        </FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">&#151; (Staten Island
        Advance, January 18)<BR>
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        </FONT>
        <LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Toxic Cover-up: Asbestos,
        Lead, Mercury, Dioxin. World Trade Center Syndrome</FONT></I></B><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151; Today, we will meet a doctor
        who has treated a parade of Ground Zero patients . . . a lawyer
        working on behalf of police union activists investigating why
        so many cops are coughing . . . a parent whose son goes to Stuyvesant
        High School, blocks from Ground Zero, where kids are suffering
        nosebleeds and other respiratory problems . . . organizers who
        started a free mobile health unit to treat the hundreds of sick
        workers . . . and a woman who was sent to the emergency room
        twice because of toxins in her apartment. <A HREF="http://www.webactive.com/pacifica/demnow/dn20020117.html"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A> (Democracy Now, January 17)<BR>
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        </FONT>
        <LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Parents Vent Anger Over
        School Dust</FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151;
        (Daily News, January 17) &#151; Parents at Stuyvesant High School
        are fed up with how the Board of Education and the city have
        handled air quality problems at the school since the World Trade
        Center attack. When school officials reopened Stuyvesant on Oct.
        9, they assured parents that a thorough $1 million cleanup had
        been conducted and that extensive testing showed the school's
        3,000 students faced no health risks. Soon after the reopening,
        however, several students came down with severe respiratory problems.
        <A HREF="http://www.nydailynews.com/today/News_and_Views/City_Beat/a-138455.asp"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A></FONT><BR>
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        <LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Is 'Ground Zero' Toxic?</FONT></I></B><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151; (United Churches of Christ Disaster
        Alert, January 15) &#151; Asthma attacks, headaches, nosebleeds,
        sore throats, hacking coughs, bronchial infections, rashes. People
        who live near ground zero are taking these symptoms to their
        doctors, and for workers still clearing rubble, it's even more
        serious. Firefighters call it the &quot;World Trade Center cough,&quot;
        and four Port Authority police officers were reassigned from
        the site after they tested positive for elevated mercury levels
        in their blood. <B><I>For the full text of this article, reproduced
        as part of </I></B></FONT><B><I><FONT COLOR="#ff0000" SIZE="-1"
         FACE="Arial">NYCOSH in the News,</FONT><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">
        <A HREF="../NYCOSHNews/2002-january-News.html#anchor152744">click
        here</A>, or to view it on the original website click on: </FONT></I></B><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="http://www.ucc.org/disaster/d011502.htm"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A></FONT><BR>
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        <LI><A NAME="anchor93843"></A><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Health
        Checks at Ground Zero: Cleaning Workers Flock to Mobile Medical
        Unit</FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151; (Newsday,
        January 15) &#151; Dozens of fearful workers who cleaned buildings
        in lower Manhattan after the World Trade Center attack lined
        up outside a mobile medical unit yesterday to be tested for respiratory
        problems and toxic exposure. Even before the van opened its doors,
        the mobile clinic had scheduled 52 appointments for the week.
        In addition, about 50 other workers complaining of headaches,
        chest pains and a wide range of other problems crowded around
        the van in the cold, desperate to be tested. <B><I>For the full
        text of this article, reproduced as part of </I></B></FONT><B><I><FONT
         COLOR="#ff0000" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">NYCOSH in the News,</FONT><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> <A HREF="../NYCOSHNews/2002-january-News.html#anchor1174731">click
        here</A>, or to view it on the newspaper's own website click
        on: </FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-nymed152552064jan15.story"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"><BR>
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        </A></FONT>
        <LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">As the World Trade Center
        Clean-Up Continues, Health Concerns Grow</FONT></I></B><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151;&nbsp;(NYCOSH Update on Safety
        and Health, January 14) &#151; Despite the passage of four months
        since the World Trade Center attack, public expressions of concern
        about potential health hazards resulting from the twin towers
        collapse are on the increase. In response to long articles in
        the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post listing examples
        of unexplained sickness among workers and area residents, on
        January 9 the Inspector General of the Environmental Protection
        Agency opened an investigation of how EPA had responded to questions
        about air quality in the aftermath of the attack. &quot;If the
        allegations reported in the Washington Post are true, EPA has
        done a disservice to the brave men and women working at 'ground
        zero' and to the citizens who live in the area whose health and
        environment we are required to protect,&quot; Inspector General
        Robert Martin wrote in his first statement concerning the investigation.
        <A HREF="../Update12_Jan-Mar_2002.html#anchor1165794"><IMG SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF"
        WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A></FONT><BR>
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        <LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">WTC Day Laborers to Get
        Toxin Tests</FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151;
        (Associated Press, January 14) &#151; Immigrant day laborers
        have performed thousands of hours of work removing debris from
        downtown office and apartment buildings since the Sept. 11 terrorist
        attacks, many without proper protective gear and most without
        health insurance. Starting Monday, the workers can get free physical
        exams and be tested for health problems at a mobile health clinic
        parked near City Hall. <B><I>For the full text of this article,
        reproduced as part of </I></B></FONT><B><I><FONT COLOR="#ff0000"
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">NYCOSH in the News,</FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"
         FACE="Arial"> <A HREF="../NYCOSHNews/2002-january-News.html#anchor170250">click
        here</A>, or to view it on the newspaper's own website click
        on: </FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Attacks-Worker-Health.html"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A></FONT><BR>
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        <LI><A NAME="anchor105246"></A><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Battle
        Over EPA Denials of Dangers Downtown</FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1"
         FACE="Arial"> &#151; (Daily News, January 12) &#151; Environmental
        Protection Agency brass found themselves sharply at odds yesterday
        with the agency's proposed investigation into charges that the
        EPA concealed evidence of dangerous contamination at the World
        Trade Center disaster site. At issue were assurances from EPA
        chief Christie Whitman and other agency officials that environmental
        conditions at the site were safe &#151; even as agency tests
        showed dangerous warning signs. <A HREF="http://www.nydailynews.com/2002-01-12/News_and_Views/City_Beat/a-137982.asp"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
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        <LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Tragic Mound, Toxic Ground</FONT></I></B><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151; (MSNBC, January 11) &#151; Four
        months ago, Sept. 11 marked the tragic loss of thousands of lives
        in an unprecedented terrorist attack on U.S. soil. The event
        may also be the biggest environmental disaster to ever hit New
        York City &#151; or any densely populated area in America for
        that matter. Now, some experts are calling for Ground Zero and
        surrounding neighborhoods to be designated a federal toxic waste
        site. <A HREF="http://www.msnbc.com/news/686072.asp#BODY"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A></FONT><BR>
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        <LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Mobile Medical Unit To
        Care For WTC Recovery Workers</FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">
        &#151; (New York 1 News, January 10) &#151; A new mobile medical
        unit will track the health of workers cleaning up in the vicinity
        of the World Trade Center site. Beginning Monday, the &quot;World
        Trade Center Mobile Medical Monitoring Unit&quot; will be based
        near City Hall Park. It will provide medical examinations for
        workers, focusing on respiratory and other health problems they
        may face from coming in contact with potentially toxic substances.
        <A HREF="http://www.ny1.com/ny/Search/SubTopic/index.html?&contentintid=18426&search_result=1"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A></FONT><BR>
<BR>
        <LI><A NAME="anchor107665"></A><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">In
        N.Y., Taking a Breath of Fear: Illnesses Bring New Doubts About
        Toxic Exposure Near Ground Zero</FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1"
         FACE="Arial"> &#151; (Washington Post, January 8) &#151; There
        was something about the air. For a while after Sept. 11, George
        Tabb and his wife tried to stick it out in their apartment just
        north of the World Trade Center, tried to ignore his twice-nightly
        asthma attacks and her pounding headaches. Eventually, they moved
        in with Tabb's stepfather. But Tabb still goes home to pick up
        his mail, and within 20 minutes the metallic taste returns to
        his mouth, and the wheezing. &quot;All of a sudden, boom, I've
        got a nosebleed, the asthma, a headache,&quot; he said. Recently
        Tabb received evidence that the air in his apartment may be as
        dangerous as he suspects. Independent tests -- results of which
        are disputed by the city -- found that dust taken from an air
        vent in his apartment building's hallway contained 555 times
        the suggested acceptable level for asbestos. Samples from a bathroom
        vent show dangerous levels of fiberglass. <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11173-2002Jan7.html"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A></FONT><BR>
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        <LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">The Air Downtown: Tests
        Call it Clean, But Coughs Abound</FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1"
         FACE="Arial"> &#151; (New York Observer, January 7) &#151; The
        fire where the World Trade Center once stood is extinguished;
        the city has erected a viewing platform for the benefit of ground-zero
        tourists; and former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has already outlined
        his vision for a grand monument at the site. It has become a
        point of pride for leaders of the city, the state and the nation,
        determined to put a brave face on things, that the scene of the
        Sept. 11 attack has become an almost normal part of the New York
        landscape. But many of the elected officials who represent the
        areas hit most heavily by the events of Sept. 11, as well as
        some experts who were charged with examining the fallout, have
        been urging just about anyone who will listen to take a closer
        look at what is happening in lower Manhattan. They say that the
        understandable quest for normalcy carries the risk of papering
        over potentially hazardous problems, including contamination
        by asbestos and a potentially toxic cocktail of materials thrown
        together after the collapse of the towers. In addition, several
        scientists who researched the contamination issue called into
        question some of the conclusions reached by the government about
        the environmental safety of areas around the World Trade Center.
        <A HREF="http://www.observer.com/pages/frontpage2.asp"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A></FONT><BR>
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        <LI><A NAME="anchor110973"></A><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Mercury
        Concern at WTC: Blood Levels in 4 Cops Raise Call for New Tests</FONT></I></B><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> (Daily News, January 5) Workers at Ground
        Zero called for more comprehensive health tests yesterday after
        four Port Authority police officers assigned to the site showed
        elevated levels of mercury in their blood. <A HREF="http://www.nydailynews.com/2002-01-05/News_and_Views/City_Beat/a-137266.asp"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A></FONT><BR>
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        <LI><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/21/nyregion/21FIRE.html"><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">At Least a Quarter of Ground Zero Firefighters
        Ill</FONT></I></B></A><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151; A
        quarter of the 6,500 firefighters who have worked at ground zero
        after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center have respiratory
        ailments, and 100 to 200 are exhibiting serious symptoms that
        may allow them to retire on a disability pension, Fire Department
        officials said yesterday. Representatives of the firefighters'
        union gave even higher estimates of the number who are ill. Thomas
        Manley, sergeant-at-arms and health and safety officer for the
        Uniformed Firefighters Association, which represents 9,100 firefighters,
        estimated that 4,000 firefighters are suffering from a persistent
        cough and that 400 to 500 may end up being forced to retire.
        Between 300 and 400 are on medical leave because they have a
        chronic cough, get winded very easily or are coughing up a lot
        of phlegm or a chalky substance, he said. None are hospitalized,
        though one or two were in September, he said. (New York Times,
        December 21)<BR>
<BR>
        </FONT>
        <LI><A HREF="http://www.nydailynews.com/today/News_and_Views/City_Beat/a-135796.asp"><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Hostile Environment Near WTC</FONT></I></B></A><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151; 100 or so protesters gathered
        outside City Hall on Tuesday evening. For more than an hour,
        several people in the crowd &#151; most of them middle-class
        women and teenagers who looked unaccustomed to demonstrating
        &#151; took turns recounting their ordeals since Sept. 11, telling
        stories the leaders of our city find inconvenient these days.
        &quot;It's like we're screaming in the wind and no one listens,&quot;
        said Diane Lapson, who has lived at Independence Plaza in Tribeca
        for nearly 30 years. For the last three months, Lapson and many
        of her 5,000 neighbors at Independence Plaza have been unable
        to sleep. Across from their complex of buildings is the pier
        where Ground Zero workers load debris from the World Trade Center
        disaster onto barges for shipment to a Staten Island landfill.
        But it is not just the noise that's troubling. Even more worrisome
        to the thousands living in lower Manhattan are their many unanswered
        questions about possible health effects from toxic substances
        in the air. (Daily News, December 20)<BR>
<BR>
        </FONT>
        <LI><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/20/nyregion/20DIES.html"><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">City Had Been Warned of Fuel Tank at
        7 World Trade Center</FONT></I></B></A><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">
        &#151; Fire Department officials warned the city and the Port
        Authority of New York and New Jersey in 1998 and 1999 that a
        giant diesel fuel tank for the mayor's $13 million command bunker
        in 7 World Trade Center, a 47-story high-rise that burned and
        collapsed on Sept. 11, posed a hazard and was not consistent
        with city fire codes. The 6,000-gallon tank was positioned about
        15 feet above the ground floor and near several lobby elevators
        and was meant to fuel generators that would supply electricity
        to the 23rd-floor bunker in the event of a power failure. Although
        the city made some design changes to address the concerns &#151;
        moving a fuel pipe that would have run from the tank up an elevator
        shaft, for example &#151; it left the tank in place. (New York
        Times, December 20)<BR>
<BR>
        </FONT>
        <LI><A HREF="http://www.usatoday.com/news/attack/2001/12/19/usatcov-wtcsurvival.htm#more"><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">For many on Sept. 11, survival was no
        accident</FONT></I></B></A><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">
        </FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">&#151;<B><I>&nbsp;</I></B>Four
        hundred seventy-nine rescue workers died making the World Trade
        Center evacuation a success. The sacrifice of New York firefighters
        and police is well-known. But 113 others, from low-paid security
        guards to white-collar workers at the Port Authority of New York
        and New Jersey, the buildings' owner, stood their ground with
        firefighters and cops. Nearly everyone who could get out did
        get out. (USA Today, December 19)<BR>
<BR>
        </FONT>
        <LI><A HREF="http://www.ny1.com/ny/Search/SubTopic/index.html?&contentintid=17962&search_result=1"><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Residents Rally Over Air Quality In Lower
        Manhattan</FONT></I></B></A><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151;
        More than 100 downtown residents gathered on the steps of City
        Hall Tuesday night to protest what they say is unsafe air quality
        in Lower Manhattan. Many of the protesters say the air downtown
        is still making residents, students, and workers sick. They want
        city officials to relocate the removal of debris away from large
        housing complexes. (New York 1 News, December 18)<BR>
<BR>
        </FONT>
        <LI><A HREF="http://www.msnbc.com/news/672616.asp"><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Bosses Try to Ease Ground-Zero Fears</FONT></I></B></A><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151; Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. medical
        director Donald Gemson briefs everybody on the latest scientific
        findings on asbestos and other airborne hazards. His bottom line:
        There's no long-term health risk, but employees may experience
        watery eyes or sore throats. &quot;We don't tell them that it
        is going to be perfect,&quot; he says. (Wall Street Journal,
        December 14)<BR>
<BR>
        </FONT>
        <LI><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/14/nyregion/14TOWE.html"><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Trade Center's Fireproofing Had a Questionable
        History</FONT></I></B></A><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151;
        Engineering experts involved in studying the World Trade Center
        disaster are now closely examining the spray-on fireproofing
        used on much of the steel framework of the twin towers to determine
        whether it contributed to their collapse. (New York Times, December
        14)<BR>
<BR>
        </FONT>
        <LI><A HREF="http://www.motherjones.com/web_exclusives/features/news/medical_aftershocks.html"><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Medical Aftershocks</FONT></I></B></A><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151; The death toll from the World
        Trade Center disaster now hovers around 3,000, about half the
        early estimates. But there is evidence that the final tally may
        rise over time, as the long-term effects of working at Ground
        Zero take their toll among rescuers and volunteers. Those at
        greatest risk are the thousands of firefighters, police, emergency
        personnel and volunteers who streamed to the devastation in the
        hours, days and weeks after the twin towers collapsed. Working
        round-the-clock, with little or no respiratory protection, these
        men and women inhaled a soup of dust, gases, burning chemicals
        and potentially toxic compounds. (motherjones.com, December 10)<BR>
<BR>
        </FONT>
        <LI><A HREF="http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=07122001-080718-7129r"><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">WTC Dust Makes Some Ill</FONT></I></B></A><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> </FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">&#151;<B><I>
        </I></B>Ever since the big gray cloud of dust blew through Lower
        Manhattan from the collapsing World Trade Center's Twin Towers
        Sept. 11, there have been conflicting opinions on what to do
        with it. The dust from the pulverized walls, concrete, wood,
        class and plastic of the two 110-story Twin Towers covered several
        blocks surrounding the World Trade Center. &quot;On Sept. 11
        the dust cloud was like a sonic boom through Lower Manhattan
        -- my windows were open so my apartment near the World Trade
        Center got filled with dust,&quot; said Indira Singh, a risk
        architect and volunteer emergency medical technician told United
        Press International. &quot;I started noticing that many of my
        neighbors are getting sick.&quot; (United Press International,
        December 7)<BR>
<BR>
        </FONT>
        <LI><A HREF="http://www.loe.org/thisweek/feature3.htm#top"><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Air Quality: Ground Zero</FONT></I></B></A><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151; It's been three months since
        September 11th and the tricky task of cleaning up Ground Zero
        continues. Just a few days ago, part of the site had to be evacuated
        when workers accidentally punctured several dry cleaning containers
        uncovered in the rubble. The EPA feared a release of dangerous
        ammonia vapor, but the damage was contained. Over all, though,
        air quality in lower Manhattan has become something of a controversy.
        Government agencies say it's safe, but others who live and work
        in what's called &quot;the breathing zone&quot; remain unconvinced.
        (National Public Radio's Living on Earth, December 7)<BR>
<BR>
        </FONT>
        <LI><A HREF="http://clinton.senate.gov/news/2001/12/2001C05A41.html"><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Senator Clinton Calls For Senate Hearing
        On Environmental, Health Concerns At Ground Zero: Senator Reiterates
        Concern About Potential Long-Term</FONT></I></B></A><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151;</FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1"
         FACE="Arial">&nbsp;On December 4, at a Senate Environmental
        and Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing, Senator Hillary Rodham
        Clinton (NY) called on the Committee to hold a hearing early
        next year to examine possible environmental health problems at
        and around Ground Zero in lower Manhattan. (Press Release, December
        4)</FONT>
      </UL>
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      before December 1, 2001, </FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><A
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      <H3><A NAME="anchor227355"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">COMPENSATION
      LINKS (</FONT><FONT SIZE="+0" FACE="Arial">December 2001- January
      2002)<BR>
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      before December 1, 2001, <A HREF="WTC-catastrophe_archive_Sept-Nov.html#anchor291229">click
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        <LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Federal Fund Shuts September
        11th Victims Out?</FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">
        &#151; (WNYC News, January 31) &#151; Families of those who died
        in the September 11th terrorist attacks are not the only ones
        unhappy with the proposed rules for the federal victims' compensation
        fund. The injured are opposed to the fund's so-called &quot;24-hour-rule.&quot;
        That rule allows them to apply for compensation only if they
        sought medical help within 24 hours of being hurt or rescued.
        <B><I><A HREF="http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wnyc/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=324850"><IMG 
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        <LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">WTC Disaster Assistance
        Application Deadline Extended to March 11</FONT></I></B><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151; The director of the Federal Emergency
        Management Agency (FEMA) announced the extension of the deadline
        to apply for federal and state disaster assistance. The new deadline
        of March 11, 2002, was requested by the New York State Emergency
        Management Office (SEMO) to ensure that all individuals who suffered
        losses from the Sept. 11 attack have access to the assistance
        programs. <A HREF="http://www.fema.gov./diz01/d1391n54.htm"><IMG 
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      <P><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">For links material published
      before December 1, 2001, <A HREF="WTC-catastrophe_archive_Sept-Nov.html#anchor291229">click
      here</A>.</FONT></I></B></P>
      <H3><I><FONT FACE="Arial"><BR>
      </FONT></I><A NAME="anchor227797"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">GOVERNMENT
      RESOURCES LINKS</FONT><FONT SIZE="+0" FACE="Arial"> </FONT><FONT
       FACE="Arial">(</FONT><FONT SIZE="+0" FACE="Arial">December 2001-
      January 2002) <I>(FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION ON A SINGLE SUBJECT,
      SUCH AS ASBESTOS OR COMPENSATION, SEE THE SUBJECT) <BR>
      </I></FONT><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">For links material
      published before December 1, 2001, <A HREF="WTC-catastrophe_archive_Sept-Nov.html#anchor292145">click
      here</A>.<BR>
      For links material published after January 31, 2002, <A HREF="WTC-catastrophe.html#anchor803377">click
      here.</A></FONT></I></H3>
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        <LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">OSHA Standards Interpretation
        Letter </FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">&#151; Wherever
        there is settled dust from the collapse, &quot;proper precautions&quot;
        include compliance with the OSHA asbestos standard: &quot;In
        that the materials containing asbestos were used in the construction
        of the Twin Towers, the settled dust from their collapse must
        be presumed to contain asbestos. Therefore [testing of the dust]
        is not necessary in order to establish that the applicable provisions
        of the Construction Asbestos standard apply during the demolition
        or salvage of affected structures.&quot; <A HREF="../WTCcatastrophe/OSHA_Jan31_InterpretationLetter.html"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A> (January 31)<BR>
<BR>
        </FONT>
        <LI><A HREF="http://www.nyenvirolaw.org/PDF/EPA-1-25-02-Mugdan-EnvironmentalLawIssuesRaisedByTerroristEventsIn%202K1.pdf"><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Environmental Law Issues Raised by Terrorist
        Events in 2001</FONT></I></B></A><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">
        </FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">&#151; A speech by
        Walter E.Mugdan, Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection
        Agency Region 2, January 25, 2002</FONT><BR>
<BR>
        <LI><A NAME="anchor405587"></A><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Nadler
        Exposes Dramatic EPA Double-Standards and Mishandling of Hazardous
        Materials Testing and Removal in Downtown Manhattan Residences:
        Calls for Full Testing and Cleanup, Comprehensive and Independent
        Investigations</FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151;
        (Press Release, January 17) &#151; Calling into question the
        integrity of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) actions
        in lower Manhattan since the World Trade Center attacks, Rep.
        Jerrold Nadler exposed a gross disparity in how the EPA has responded
        to the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks compared with other instances
        of hazardous materials contamination around the country. Congressman
        Nadler made the announcement at a City Hall press conference
        and was joined by members of the Ground Zero Elected Officials
        Task Force, and Hugh Kaufman, Chief Investigator for the EPA
        National Ombudsman. <A HREF="http://www.house.gov/nadler/press/jan17EPA.htm"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A></FONT>
      </UL>
      <P ALIGN=RIGHT><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">For links material
      published before December 1, 2001, <A HREF="WTC-catastrophe_archive_Sept-Nov.html#anchor292145">click
      here</A>.</FONT></I></B></P>
      <H3><FONT FACE="Arial"><BR>
      </FONT><A NAME="anchor228228"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">NEWS FEATURES
      (</FONT><FONT SIZE="+0" FACE="Arial">December 2001- January 2002)<BR>
      </FONT><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">For links material published
      before December 1, 2001, <A HREF="WTC-catastrophe_archive_Sept-Nov.html#anchor293084">click
      here</A>.<BR>
      For links material published after January 31, 2002, </FONT></I><FONT
       SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="WTC-catastrophe.html#anchor261200">click
      here.</A></FONT></H3>
      <UL>
        <LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Track Their Health Now,
        to Protect Others Later &#151; </FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1"
         FACE="Arial">(Washington Post, January 20) <B><I>&#151; </I></B>Twenty
        years from now, will the World Trade Center disaster continue
        to claim victims? Will the tragedy be compounded by a loss of
        life that had less to do with terrorism than with ignorance?
        In the haste to return Lower Manhattan to a sense of normalcy,
        have additional lives been put at risk? <B><I>For the full text
        of this article, reproduced as part of </I></B></FONT><B><I><FONT
         COLOR="#ff0000" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">NYCOSH in the News,</FONT><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> <A HREF="../NYCOSHNews/2002-january-News.html#anchor97201">click
        here</A>, or to view it on the newspaper's own website click
        on: </FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A6854-2002Jan19"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></A></FONT><BR>
<BR>
        <LI><A HREF="../gerrardarticle.html"><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Environmental
        Law Implications of the World Trade Center Disaster</FONT></I></B></A><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151; The horrific loss of life and
        the ensuing global war against terrorism are by far the most
        important aspects of the events of September 11. Less significant
        but worth discussing are the environmental impacts. The destruction
        of the World Trade Center probably had greater short-term environmental
        impacts than anything else that has ever happened in New York
        City; the long-term effects remain to be seen. This article is
        devoted to analyzing how environmental law bears on the physical
        aftermath of this catastrophe &#151; response, recovery and reconstruction.
        (Environmental Law in New York, January 2002)</FONT>
      </UL>
      <P><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">For links material published
      before December 1, 2001, <A HREF="WTC-catastrophe_archive_Sept-Nov.html#anchor293084">click
      here</A>.<BR>
      </FONT></I></B></P>
      <H3><A NAME="anchor228637"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">OCCUPATIONAL
      SAFETY AND HEALTH RESOURCES LINKS (</FONT><FONT SIZE="+0" FACE="Arial">December
      2001- January 2002)<BR>
      </FONT><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">For links material published
      before December 1, 2001, <A HREF="WTC-catastrophe_archive_Sept-Nov.html#anchor293938">click
      here</A>.<BR>
      For links material published after January 31, 2002, </FONT></I><FONT
       SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="WTC-catastrophe.html#anchor804333">click
      here.</A></FONT></H3>
      <UL>
        <LI><A HREF="http://www.nyenvirolaw.org/#BNews"><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1"
         FACE="Arial">New York Environmental Law and Justice Project</FONT></I></B></A><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151;&nbsp;</FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1"
         FACE="Arial">News, documents, sampling results, legal information
<BR>
<BR>
        </FONT>
        <LI><A HREF="http://www.cuny.edu/topframe-events.html?nyc/wtcmedical.html"><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Ground Zero Mobile Medical Unit Established
        By CUNY Occupational Medicine Experts To Assess Health of Cleanup
        Workers at Former WTC Site</FONT></I></B></A><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1"
         FACE="Arial"> &#151;&nbsp;</FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Occupational
        medicine experts from Queens College of the City University of
        New York have established a Mobile Medical Monitoring Unit near
        Ground Zero to assess possible health effects of air quality
        on clean-up workers at former site of the World Trade Center.<BR>
<BR>
        </FONT>
        <LI><A HREF="http://www.mssm.edu/cpm/wtc_health/respiratory.shtml"><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Irritative and Respiratory Problems in
        Relation to Environmental Exposures from the World Trade Center
        Disaster: A Guide for Clinicians</FONT></I></B></A><B><I><FONT
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151; </FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1"
         FACE="Arial">(Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of
        Community and Preventive Medicine, January 2002)<BR>
<BR>
        </FONT>
        <LI><A HREF="http://www.stuypa.org/"><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Stuyvesant
        High School Parents' Association</FONT></I></B></A><FONT SIZE="-1"
         FACE="Arial"> <B><I>&#151; </I></B>Up-to-date data on indoor
        and outdoor environmental sampling in the World Trade Center
        vicinity <BR>
<BR>
        </FONT>
        <LI><A HREF="../wtc-dust-factsheetspanish.html"><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1"
         FACE="Arial">Limpieza Interior Del Polvo Y Escombros En El &Aacute;rea
        Del World Trade Center</FONT></I></B></A><B><I><FONT COLOR="#000000"
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> </FONT></I></B><FONT COLOR="#000000"
         SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">&nbsp;translation of Cleaning Up Indoor
        Dust and Debris in the World Trade Center Area (NYCOSH)<BR>
<BR>
        </FONT>
        <LI><A HREF="../wtc-dust-factsheet.html"><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1"
         FACE="Arial">Cleaning Up Indoor Dust and Debris in the World
        Trade Center Area</FONT></I></B></A><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">
        </FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">(NYCOSH, December
        6)</FONT>
      </UL>
      <P><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">For links material published
      before December 1, 2001, <A HREF="WTC-catastrophe_archive_Sept-Nov.html#anchor293938">click
      here</A>.</FONT></I></B></P>
      <H3><I><FONT SIZE="+0" FACE="Arial"><BR>
      </FONT></I><A NAME="anchor229168"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">PSYCHOLOGICAL
      TRAUMA LINKS (</FONT><FONT SIZE="+0" FACE="Arial">December 2001-
      January 2002)<BR>
      </FONT><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">For links material published
      before December 1, 2001, <A HREF="WTC-catastrophe_archive_Sept-Nov.html#anchor294587">click
      here</A>.<BR>
      For links material published after January 31, 2002, </FONT></I><FONT
       SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="WTC-catastrophe.html#anchor804729">click
      here.</A></FONT></H3>
      <UL>
        <LI><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Victims at Risk Again:
        Counselors Scramble To Avert Depression, Suicides After Sept.
        11</FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> &#151; (Washington
        Post, December 19) &#151; The first suicide was last week, the
        widow of a World Trade Center victim who shot herself at her
        Pennsylvania farmhouse. It was a tragedy that relief workers
        had braced for -- a spike in depression, substance abuse, divorces,
        suicides -- the sad legacy among those touched by the Sept. 11
        terrorist attacks. Warned by a pattern that emerged after the
        Oklahoma City bombing, public officials and charities have taken
        perhaps the most aggressive stance ever in pushing mental health
        therapy for families and others affected by the attacks. <A 
        HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62699-2001Dec18.html"><IMG 
        SRC="../images/fullstory.GIF" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
        BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"><BR>
        </A></FONT>
      </UL>
      <P><B><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">For links material published
      before December 1, 2001, <A HREF="WTC-catastrophe_archive_Sept-Nov.html#anchor294587">click
      here</A>.<BR>
      </FONT></I></B></P>
      <P><CENTER><I><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">This page was last
      updated on April 15, 2002.<BR>
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