Trade Center Pollution Affected Few, EPA Says
From Times Wire Reports
Most Lower Manhattan residents are unlikely to suffer long-term illnesses from inhaling airborne pollution in the weeks after the World Trade Center collapse, the Environmental Protection Agency said.
Citing measurements taken in and around the collapse zone, the draft report said only rescue workers and other people exposed to high concentrations of pollution immediately after the trade center attacks are likely to develop chronic illnesses.
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