Enviromental consiquences of world trade center
The book Fallout by Juan Gonzalez, explores the environmental consequences of the World Trade Center Collapse. Through its detailed facts and statistics I was able to discover how much immediate and long-term damage actually occurred on that fateful day. 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
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