Thursday, September 11, 2003
The Lies:
NYC's air was perfectly harmless after 9/11.
"Everything we've tested for, which includes asbestos, lead, and volatile organic compounds, have been below any level of concern for the general public health," EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman, April 2002.
The Truth:
The environmental impact of 9/11 was so catastrophic that lower Manhattan should have been declared a federal Superfund site, thus qualifying for the most comprehensive cleanup efforts. Moreover, the EPA has NEVER sufficiently tested for airborne toxins or those trapped on surfaces and in airbucts inside housing and office building surrounding Ground Zero.
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's pollution tests in the smoke-filled days following the World Trade Center collapse did not support the agency's pronouncements that the air around Ground Zero was safe to breathe, an independent federal investigation has found." - Sacramento Bee, 16 March 2003
The Proof:
Read all about it: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/08/15/dust/
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NYC's air was perfectly harmless after 9/11.
"Everything we've tested for, which includes asbestos, lead, and volatile organic compounds, have been below any level of concern for the general public health," EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman, April 2002.
The Truth:
The environmental impact of 9/11 was so catastrophic that lower Manhattan should have been declared a federal Superfund site, thus qualifying for the most comprehensive cleanup efforts. Moreover, the EPA has NEVER sufficiently tested for airborne toxins or those trapped on surfaces and in airbucts inside housing and office building surrounding Ground Zero.
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's pollution tests in the smoke-filled days following the World Trade Center collapse did not support the agency's pronouncements that the air around Ground Zero was safe to breathe, an independent federal investigation has found." - Sacramento Bee, 16 March 2003
The Proof:
Read all about it: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/08/15/dust/
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