Table of Contents
Notes on News Sources
Go Directly to September 2001 Reports
Go Directly to October 2001 Reports
September 12:
ABC: Health Hazards Attacks Pose
Continued Dangers
NYT: With City Transit Shut
Down, New Yorkers Take to Eerily Empty Streets
Reuters: Health Effects of World Trade
Dust Cloud May Linger
NYDN: Debris & Death Drape Downtown
September 13:
ABC: Fouled Air? Health Officials
Stress Caution, But Say Measured Levels Safe
LAT: Agonizing Search for Survivors
NYT: Challenges and Dangers in Disposing
of Two Fallen Giants
New Scientist: Smoke and dust threaten
New Yorkers
NYP: Rescuers up against New Peril
- Asbestos
NYDN: At The Pit, the Bravest
Rescuers Weep and Work
NYDN: Smoke and Stench Cannot
Mask the Strength to Rebuild
September 14:
NYT: Monitors Say Health Risk
From Smoke Is Very Small
MSNBC: Asbestos Alert How much of
the chemical does the World Trade Center wreckage contain?
Reuters: Safety of Breathing in Manhattan
Still Uncertain
Reuters (Planet Ark): Safety of breathing
in Manhattan still up in air
FOX: Asbestos Could Have Saved WTC
Lives
CounterPunch: Chemical War in Manhattan
(from Aftershocks)
NYP: Asbestos
in Dust from the Collapse
MSNBC:
Cloud of acrid air haunts New Yorkers Many concerned about potential health
woes
CNN: CDC, EPA: Little risk
to public from sites
NYDN: A Fight vs. Steel, Despair
& Weather Rescuers press on valiantly, despite odds
September 15:
Natural Health Line: The World
Trade Center Attack: Will the Environmental Impacts Harm Even More?
Globe & Mail: 'That's a major,
major toxic soup'
September 16:
Newsday: TERRORIST ATTACKS /Asbestos Targeted In Cleanup Effort
September 17:
Reuters (Planet Ark): UPDATE: Safety
of breathing in Manhattan still uncertain
NYDN: Lower Manhattan Goes Back
on the Job Today: Stock exchange, many businesses will reopen
September 18:
NYT: HAUNTING QUESTION: Did the
Ban on Asbestos Lead to Loss of Life?
Nando Times: Dust from World Trade
Center collapse tested for health effects
NYP: N.Y. Can Breathe Free
NYT: Anguish and Frustration for
Doctors With No One to Treat
NYT: Dust Is a Problem, but the
Risk Seems Small
NO: Dust from World Trade Center
collapse tested for health effects
September 19:
BBC: New York health fears
NYDN: Job Is Back-Breaking, Heartbreaking
for Heroes
NYDN: Sad and Slow Sifting Tons
of wreckage scrutinized at S.I. landfill
September 20:
NYT: For Asthmatic Children, an
Extra Health Burden
NYT: It's Going to Take More Than
Elbow Grease
NYT: Cleanup Specialists
BW: What's Lurking in That Smoke?
September 23:
NYDN: Fearful Tenants Fight to Break Leases: They want out of Battery Park
September 24:
ENS: Moving The Weight of the World Trade Center
September 25:
WSJ: EPA Is Doubted on Testing at Attack Site
September 26:
MSNBC: Uneasy breathing: As the
dust settles in New York, concerns linger about health risks in the air
VV: The Dust May Never Settle
September 27:
Reuters: U.S. to Test Subways Against Chemical Attack
September 28:
NYDN: Health Hazards in Air Worry
Trade Center Workers
NYDN: Debris Can Aggravate Lung,
Asthma Woes
NYDN: Stuyvesant HS Planning
Stringent Tests for Asbestos
September 29:
NYDN: Traces of Asbestos Further
Setback for HS: Findings could delay Stuyvesant reopening
NYDN: State Workers Flee WTC
Smoke
NYDN: Asbestos in Ground Zero
Air Generally Safe, EPA Shows
October 1:
MSNBC: The Cleanup: Ground Zero:
An Environmental Disaster
NYT: 20
Days Later, an Invisible Reminder Lingers
October 3:
MSNBC: U.S. finds no significant
health hazards at World Trade Center
NYDN: Air Near Ground Zero Is
Rated Safe by Feds
October 5:
PA: Environment risks seen low at
New York attack sites
NYT: Levy Tries to Calm Fears About
Air Quality Near Ruins
MSNBC: Is Ground Zero Safe? New
study suggests more asbestos at disaster site than previously revealed
October 9:
NYT: Students Set to Return to
Stuyvesant Near Disaster
PA: Removal of Trade Center rubble
a monumental task
October 10:
ENN: Some still fear environmental
hazards near World Trade Center site
PA: WTC cleanup triggers safety,
cost allegations
October 11:
NYT: THE AIR QUALITY: Contaminants
Below Levels for Long-Term Concerns
NYT: Under the Grit and Ash, a
Garden Endures
October 12:
NYT: The One-Month Anniversary of Sept. 11 Is Framed by Everyday Reminders
October 13:
NYT: Slowed by Site's Fragility, the Heavy Lifting Has Only Begun
October 15:
PA: Ultra-fine asbestos a concern
for WTC work crews
NYT: Attacks Expose Telephone's
Soft Underbelly
October 16:
WP: Cleanup Hazards At Ground Zero
An Ongoing Worry: Union Provides Hazmat Training on Site
NYT: After Attacks, Studies of Dust
and Its Effects
October 17:
NYDN: Stuyvesant Students Sickened: Parents cite headaches & breathing problems
October 18:
NYDN: Stuyvesant Under Scrutiny: Levy sending experts to find cause of ailments
October 19:
CNN: Students near ground zero worry about smoke
October 21:
NYT: THE LANDFILL: Sifting Mountains of Debris for Slivers of Solace
October 22:
NYT: Dust Settles and Retailer
Is Set to Face the Crisis
SLT: Utah Company Sniffs Out Hazards
in N.Y. NEW!
October 23:
NYT: 1 LIBERTY PLAZA: Office Tower Near Rubble Can't Reopen on Deadline NEW!
October 25:
Newsday: Questions About Safety of Workers NEW!
October 26:
NYDN: A Toxic Nightmare At Disaster
Site: Air, water, soil contaminated
NEW!
NYDN: Feds: Rescue Workers Not
Protected NEW!
| Newspapers | News | Television |
|---|---|---|
| NYT - New York Times, articles
are free for one week (registration required), then there is a charge
to read them. They have a special Attack
on America section; New
York Times Magazine has a special edition LAT - Los Angeles Times NYP - New York Post Newsday (New York City) The Globe and Mail - Canadian Newspaper NYDN - New York Daily News - Special section for coverage in first 2 weeks WSJ - Wall Street Journal NO - The News & Observer - Raleigh, North Carolina WP - Washington Post SLT - Salt Lake Tribune (Utah) |
Reuters - International news source PA - Planet Ark Environmental News - Reuters Daily World Environment News. Daily headlines ENN - Environmental News Network |
ABC - ABC News BBC - British Broadcasting Company MSNBC - NBC News and their cable version. Also Newsweek Fox News CNN - Cable News Network |
| Magazines | Online | |
| CounterPunch - Far left political
commentary magazine run by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair MSNBC - NBC News and their cable version. Also Newsweek |
Nando Times - Online news source Natural Health Line New Scientist |
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