City of dust
Subtitle: illness, ignorance, and arrogance at Ground Zero
By: Anthony DePalma.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: FT Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9780131385665
Subjects: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Health aspects -- New York (State) -- New York; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Environmental aspects -- New York (State) -- New York; Air quality management -- New York (State) -- New York; World Trade Center Site (New York, N.Y.)
Description: Examines the effects of the dust and ash caused by the towers collapsing on September 11, 2001, in New York, discusses other possible health and environmental issues that could occur, and recounts how the aftermath was treated politically.
Table of contents: title: All that we hold dear; title: Optimism or arrogance?; title: Significant chaos; title: Raising doubts; title: A gathering storm; title: Building a science; title: It's not the dying; title: Life and dust; title: Such money grubbers as these; title: Degrees of certitude; title: Beyond doubt; title: Assaulting uncertainty; title: Science on trial; title: Missed opportunities; title: Afterclap.