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Study: WTC air was 'intensely toxic'
Published May 3, 2004
The World Trade Center disaster caused the largest acute environmental disaster ever to affect New York City, generating an "intensely toxic atmospheric plume," a new study concludes.
Dust from the fire-fueled collapses of the Twin Towers contained a perilous blend: pulverized cement, glass shards from shattered windows, asbestos, lead, PCBs, a chemical in electrical equipment and florescent lights, chemicals found in roofing tar and oil, and hydrochloric acid, the study states.
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