World Trade Center Air Quality Issues

Testimony, Research, Publications and Presentations by Maggie Clarke, Ph.D.

Important Documents

‘Gold Standard’ for Remediation of WTC Contamination, New Solutions - A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, co-author, Volume 14, Number 3, 2004, pp. 119-217.

Bad Decisions resulting from EPA's statements: "The air is safe to breathe", by Members of 9/11 Environmental Action, Oct. 13, 2003

The Precautionary Principle or Junk Science?  What should public health and environmental agencies be ethically bound to do?  Press conference, October, 20, 2003.

Intro. 650 B (New York City Council) - Jan. 2008.  A bill to criminalize environmental investigations.   A commentary. 

WBAI programs:  Intro. 650 B - Police permits for environmental research, Jan. 28, 2008 (click to middle to hear this part of hour-long program)     Midtown Steam pipe explosion, July 30, 2007 

Testimony - 2001 - 2002

Testimony Before the New York City Council Committee on Environmental Protection:  Oversight Hearings on the Environmental Impacts on Lower Manhattan Due to the Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center    November 8, 2001
 

Testimony before the State Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation Public hearing on health matters resulting from the 9/11 WTC attacks, November 26, 2001 (amended Dec. 9, 2001 and January 7, 2002)
 

Testimony to US Senate Environment Committee hearing on Air Quality issues surrounding the World Trade Center collapses and fires, February, 2002
 

Testimony before the USEPA Ombudsman's hearing; 500 Pearl St., New York, NY, February 23, 2002
 

Testimony before the New York City Council Environmental Protection Committee hearing on Air Quality issues surrounding the World Trade Center collapses and fires, March 8, 2002
 

LMDC Public Hearing Comments on WTC Memorial, October 7, 2002

Testimony before EPA Ombudsman's second hearing on Air Quality issues surrounding the World Trade Center collapses and fires, March 11, 2002

Testimony before NYS Assembly's second hearing on Air Quality issues surrounding the World Trade Center collapses and fires, April 12, 2002
 

Testimony to Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works regarding emergency response to environmental disasters and Christie Whitman’s recent Testimony to Congress, October 15, 2002

Testimony to NY City Council on Problems with EPA's "cleanup" of Lower Manhattan, December, 17, 2002
 

 

Testimony 2004-2007

Testimony to New York City Council Hearing on Post-9/11 Remediation of WTC Contamination (revised), March 30, 2004
 

Testimony to EPA WTC Expert Technical Review Panel - revised, Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY  April 12, 2004
 

Testimony to EPA Expert Panel on WTC contamination, New York, NY.  July 26, 2004
 

Testimony to EPA Expert Panel on WTC contamination, New York, NY. September 13, 2004
 
Testimony to NYC Council Committee on Lower Manhattan Redevelopment Hearing: Oversight - U.S. EPA's Cleanup of WTC Dust Contaminants in Residences and Offices in Lower Manhattan - EPA's December 2006 "Test and Clean Program", January 11, 2007. (coming soon)

 

Scientific Discussions

Problems with EPA's Scopes of Work for Remediation of WTC Contamination, October, 2002
 

Comments on Exposure and Human Health Evaluation of Airborne Pollution from the World Trade Center Disaster, Maggie Clarke, Ph.D., QEP, Monona Rossol, MS., M.F.A., IH, and Uday Singh, IH, April 7, 2003
 
Further comments by Maggie Clarke, Ph.D., QEP, on EPA document for peer review:  Exposure and Human Health Evaluation of Airborne Pollution from the World Trade Center Disaster, July 15, 2003

 

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