mercury levels, 94
mesothelioma, 102
asbestos, 19
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 318
Mexico City, 1985 earthquake, 43
Miele, Joel A., 154
Mills, Edward, 173
missed opportunities, 288
Bush administration, 294–295
command structure, 292
EPA, 290–292
federal government, 297
New York City, 295
OSHA, 289
Moline, Dr. Jacqueline, 224
monitoring and treatment program, 93–97
Moore, Michael, 277
motion to dismiss, 268
Mount Sinai Medical Center
9/11 studies, 223–225
9/11 study 2006, 218–223
J. Selikoff Center for Occupational and Environmental, 100, 107, 110
respirator requirements for ground zero, 106
World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program, 113–116
multiple myeloma, 223–224
myeloma, 223–225
N
Nadler, Rep. Jerrold, 150, 153, 171–174
EPA cleanup, 165
Napoli, James, 251
Napoli, Paul, 247–252, 258, 262, 282
National Contingency Plan, 155
National Guard troops, 50
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 93, 108, 183
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 11
National Toxicology Program, 19
New Jersey Task Force One, 128
New York City
emergency command center, 27–29
immunity, 268–272
insurance company created to defend the city, 263
lawsuits, 263
missed opportunities, 295
New York City Department of Health, 77
New York City School construction Authority, 49
New York Daily News, 186–187
New York Environmental Law & Justice Project, 65
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), 146
New York State Department of Health, deaths, 277–278
New York state workers’ compensation, 184
New York Stock Exchange, reopening of, 38
New York’s State Defense Emergency Act, 269
Newman, Dr. Bertram, 136
NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health), 93, 112, 108, 183
normalcy
need for, 34
restoring, 41
number exposed to dust, 240
NYPIRG (New York Public Interest Research Group), 146
O
O’Connell, Dan, 255
O’Neill, Paul, 37
Obama administration, Zadroga bill, 311
occupational disease, 110
occupational illness, 223
occupational medicine, 109
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 40, 53–54, 289–290
air quality, 40
respirators, 289
Office of Emergency Management, 151
ombudsman, EPA, 155
Oppelt, E. Timothy, 163–164
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), 40, 53–54, 289–290
air quality, 40
respirators, 289
Ott, Ed, 107, 112, 174
Otto, Dr. Cynthia, 130
P
P100 OVAG respirators, 49
P100 respirators, 48
panel to study aftermath of World Trade Center attacks, 160–164
parents, fighting against school board, 151
Pataki, Gov. George E., 174
Paterson, Gov. David A, 282
Patton Boggs, 264
people, number exposed to dust, 240
Pepe, Lieut. Butch, 120
perception, 215–218, 311
personal protective equipment rules for sorting debris, 56
pH values, 23
phase-contrast microscopy, 36
Philip, Dr. Sneha Anne, 313
Pienciak, Richard, 75–76
police departments, 50
police officers, brawl with firefighters, 293
Police Pension Fund, 242
politics, 172–179
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, 162
polymyositis, 125–127, 306
Port Authority, lawsuits, 282
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 91
Powell, Colin, 35
press conferences, announcing class-action lawsuit, 254
presumptive proof, 309–311
Prezant, Dr. David, 82–91, 95–97, 160, 302, 306
cancer, 307
Dunn-Jones, Felicia Gail, 200
Fullam, Marty, 126
sarcoidosis, 203
proving links to dust, 191, 193
PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorders), 91
public perception, 311
public trust, 300
Pulitzer, Daily News, 214
R
radiation, 303
radios of firefighters, 272–273
“reasonable degree of medical certainty,” 192
recovery mission, 57
removal of bodies, 61
registries of workers, 115
Reibman, Dr. Joan, 112, 158
reopening
New York Stock Exchange, 38
Wall Street, 37–38
replicating effects of dust, 19
rescue dogs, 128–134
research, 301–302, 306
respirators, 52, 265–266
OSHA, 289
P100, 48
P100 OVAG, 49
when and where to wear, 59–60
respiratory problems, 305–306
responders, number of, 217
restoring normalcy, 41
Riley, Robert H., 282
Robson, Mark, 14
Rogers, Kathleen, 136
Rogers, Kevin, 134–137, 192
Rossol, Monona, 70
S
safety, 293
personal protective equipment rules, 56
workplace safety rules, 53–54
safety standards, asbestos, 35–37
safety violations, fines for, 54
samples of dust, collected by Joel Kupferman, 69–72
sampling stations, EPA, 49
sarcoidosis, 199–200, 203–305
Sawyer, William, 254
schools, 152
closing of, 150–152
Fox Lane High School, 241
Stuyvesant High School, 151
Schumer, Senator Charles, 153, 173
$1 billion fund, 265
screening programs, World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening, 113–116
Seabrook Nuclear Plant, 68
Search and Rescue Dog Foundation, 133
Second Circuit Court, 271
Second Circuit Court of Appeals, 256
selection bias, 216
self-reported data, 216
Selikoff, Dr. Irving, 101–102, 109, 246
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, 175–180, 185, 294
Atlas, Sarah, 133
Dunn-Jones, Felicia Gail, 199–201
settlement, 274–275, 317–324
negotiations, 282–283
7 World Trade Center, 135
Sexton, Joe, 210–211
Shields, Scott, 277
Shoreham nuclear plant, 66
Shufro, Joel, 107
Siegel de Hernandez, Micki, 164
Silverstein, Larry, 45
Silvestre, Edmund, 213–214
slag wool, 103, 162
social justice, 66–68
sorting through debris, 55–56
Southwest Forestry Service, 51
special masters, 279, 323
Spraque, Bruce, 77
State Defense Emergency Act, 269
state workers’ compensati
on, 180
Stellman, Jeanne Mager, 163
Stewart, Jon, 188
storage of dust samples, 24
studies of 9/11
death study (New York State Department of Health), 277–278
results of
Mount Sinai studies, 223–225
Mount Sinai study 2006, 218–223
reliability of, 217
Stuyvesant High School, 151
summary judgment, 266–267
Superfund hazardous waste site, 290–291
Szeinuk, Dr. Jaime, 101
Szema, Dr. Anthony M., 158
T
Tango (rescue dog), 132
Teitel, Stanley, 151
testing equipment, 77
Times, Borja, Cesar, 210–214
Touro Law Center, 67
towers, collapse of, 16
“A Toxic Nightmare at Disaster Site,” 76
trade center health registry, 174
transmission electron microscopy, 36
trust, 300, 315
truth, 311–312
Tully, 58
Turner Construction, 58
Twerski, Aaron D., 258, 279
Tyrell Jr., James E., 261–264, 269, 279, 318
U
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 22
unions, construction workers. See construction workers
United Asbestos and Rubber Company, 102
upper-respiratory problems, 305
USGS (U.S. Geological Survey), 22
V
Valentin, Mike, 137–143, 275
Vallebuona, Ernie, 137–142, 275, 143
victim’s list, 192
Dunn-Jones, Felicia Gail, 202–204
Godbee, Jr., James, 205–206
reconsiderations for, 225
Zadroga, James, 229–234
vitreous fibers, 162
Volpe, Richard, 244, 252, 320
Von Essen, Tom, 92
W
Walcott, John, 241–244, 252, 275, 320
Wall Street, 34
reopening of, 37–38
Washington, Rudy, 45
Weiden, Dr. Michael, 84
Weinstein, Judge Jack B., 274
Weisel, Dr. Clifford, 12
Wells, Charlie, 86
West Nile Virus spraying, 71
Whitman, Christine Todd, 11, 34, 38, 155
Superfund sites, 291
testimony, 188
Woodward, Bob, 312
Worby, David, 241–247, 252, 262
class-action lawsuit, 253–259
workplace safety rules, 53–54
World Trade Center, 103
World Trade Center cough, 96
World Trade Center Health Registry, 115
World Trade Center Medical Working Group, 304
World Trade Center Registry, 303
World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program, 113–116
Worth Leather, 66
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Company, 249
X-Y-Z
Zadroga bill, 309, 319
Obama administration, 311
Zadroga, James, 181–185, 192–193, 226–228
anniversary of death, 304
autopsy, 229, 231
Distinguised Service medal, 237
victim’s list, 225, 229–234
Zadroga, Joe, 227–228, 232
coming to terms with death of his son, 237
feelings toward Michael Bloomberg, 236
Zadroga, Joseph, 183
Zadroga, Ronda, 227
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