Enviromental consiquences of world trade center

On September 17, 2001 less than one week after the collapse many workers and businessmen returned to their jobs after receiving the permission from the safety officials. The reason for this was because President George Bush and Mayor Giuliani needed to show the world that the United States was not intimidated by terrorism. Another reason was that the longer the Wall Street and financial markets were closed the greater the chance of a stock market collapse and devastation to our economy. Therefore the government persuaded the public that it was safe for civilians to reoccupy the scores of skyscrapers and buildings in lower Manhattan. So Wall Street reopened for business on September 17. The environmental Protection Agency administrator Christie Whitman reassured reluctant New Yorkers that the air “contaminants are not detectable or are below the Agency’s concern levels.” The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which monitor workp

I think that this book is definitely inspiring regarding environmental issues, since it includes and specifies the damage of substances such as asbestos, and toxins and dioxins, and how they harm the public. It also discusses the tests and some of the warning that all public health officials released and cautioned. It amazes me how many government official institutions there are to protect environmental and human safety. One strength of this book is that it records in detail many statistics and unbelievable damage that September 11th caused to the New York City area. A weakness of this book is that it discusses the affects of the tragedy in a tedious and somewhat boring fashion. Though the topic interests me, I was turned off by the way the author expressed the data. Therefore I would not recommend this book to any other students, for I think they would not gain and be interested by the information, because of the manner which Gonzalez presents and organizes it.

The quantity of contaminants contained within the buildings and released during the explosion, is staggering. Lead, for example is an extremely dangerous heavy metal. Inhaling even minute quantities of it can cause brain damage. It is especially dangerous to children. The use of lead as paint has been banned in the United States for decades. At the trade center, the danger of lead was released from the lead inside computers. The average personal computer, PC, contains anywhere from 4 to 8 pounds of lead. If approximately 50,000 people worked in the 2 trade centers, and most of them had their own PC, plus all the computers destroyed in the Seven World Trade Center, another building destroyed north of the twin

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