The U.S. environmental protection agency Administrator Christie Whitman said the EPA is taking steps to ensure the safety of the rescue workers and the public in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon disaster sites, and environmental protection. EPA is working with federal and local government agencies to monitor and address potential environmental hazards and minimizing any environmental effects of disasters and beyond.
At the request of the New York City Department of health, the environmental protection agency and the occupational safety and health administration (OSHA), u.s. Department of labor on the scene at the World Trade Center to monitor exposure to potentially contaminated with dust and debris. Monitoring and sampling conducted on Tuesday and Wednesday were very reassuring about the likelihood of rescue crews and the public to environmental pollutants.
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EPA's concern that the rescue workers and the public to high levels of asbestos or acid gases or other pollutants from the rubble. Ambient air quality sampling found asbestos or not very low levels of asbestos. Sampling of bulk materials and dust found generally low levels of asbestos.
Levels of lead, asbestos, volatile organic compounds in air samples on Tuesday in Brooklyn, downwind from the site of the World Trade Center, was not discoverable or not to worry.
Additional samples from both ambient air quality and dust particles held Wednesday evening in lower Manhattan and Brooklyn, and acceptable results.
EPA great relief knowing that there is apparently no significant levels of asbestos dust in the air in New York City, said that "Whiteman" administrator. " We work closelywith rescue crews, ensure that all appropriate precautions. We will continue to monitor closely. "
Public health concerns about asbestos contamination is primarily relevant exposureover the long term. Unlikely to cause significant health effects of short-term exposure, and a low level of the kind that have been produced by the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings. The EPA and OSHA will work closely with rescue crews and cleanup to reduce the potential exposure, but the public should be very reassured by initial sampling.
EPA, OSHA will continue to monitor and sample on asbestos and work with concerned officials to ensure adequate briefing about appropriate steps should be taken to ensure proper handling, transportation and disposal of potentially contaminated with debris or materials, rescue workers and cleanup crews and the general public.
The environmental protection agency is taking steps to ensure that the appropriate response units implement engineering controls to reduce environmental risks, such as water sprays and rinsing to prevent or reduce potential releases exposure and reduce potential pollutants out of the crash site.
And the environmental protection agency also sampling downwind of asbestos and chemical potential releases from the wreckage of the World Trade Center site. In addition, the federal environmental protection agency has published the "coordinators" to theatre emergency operations center in Washington, d.c., Fort Meade, and alternate federal regional operations center in Pennsylvania, "rich" was published on the scene to the emergency operations center in Virginia.
Under its authority, and in response the environmental protection agency will use all available resources and staff experts to facilitate emergency response, safe and clean.
