Using satellite photos taken on Sept. 11th, 2001, reasearch attempts to track the spread of the plume of pollutants after the attacks and its impact on health of New Yorkers.
They call it World Trade Center Cough - the hacking, wheezing, horrible cough that heaves the chests of many who inhaled Ground Zero air after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Scientists and health officials have studied the cough and scoured some neighborhoods of New York City for victims of inhaled Trade Center debris.But there is a critical flaw, experts say, in all the research, Environmental Protection Agency cleanup programs and federal services related to exposure to World Trade Center debris: The efforts are concentrated on Manhattan, but, except for the area immediately around Ground Zero, the plume did not spread around the borough. It went directly to Brooklyn. [includes Satellite images from September 11th]
Thanks to Linda LaSut
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