EPA

Twenty years after 9/11, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) still refuses to update its regulation of corrosive alkaline dust, according to a lawsuit filed by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Often released during building demolition and cement mixing, alkaline dust at high concentrations could result in chemical burns, particularly to the respiratory system. The […]

In the lead-up to the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, Christine Todd Whitman, who headed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the time, apologized for declaring the air in lower Manhattan safe to breathe just one week later. The New York Daily News quotes Ms. Whitman as saying, “I’m very sorry that people […]

When the World Trade Center fell on September 11, 2001, the force kicked up a massive amount of dust. We know now how dangerous this dust was, with millions of tiny toxic particles contained therein. Those who were on the scene at the time and in the weeks after were exposed to the dangerous conditions. […]