Study Finds WTC Fires Spewed Toxic Gases for Weeks
(NY, Reuters Health, 9/10/03)

Thomas Cahill and colleagues at the University of California at Davis report that, contrary to the reassuring statements of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the ruins of the World Trade Center emitted toxic gases for 6 weeks following 9/11/01. The scientists say that the collapse of the burning towers created a smoldering, lung-damaging chemical mix that included fine metals, sulfuric acid, fine glass particles and super-heated organic carcinogens. NY leaders have recently asked the Justice Department to look into the matter of the EPA's deluding the public by downplaying the seriousness of the health risk posed by the burning debris.