• Lower Manhattan Test and Clean Program - Final (2007)
• EPA's World Trade Center Expert Technical Review Panel
  • Comments by Public: Docket Detail: ORD-2004-0003
    
• Determination of a Diagnostic Signature for WTC Dust using Scanning Electron Microscopy Point Counting Techniques
  
• Environmental Photographic Interpretation Center (EPIC) evaluated aerial photographs and digital imagery of the area around the World Trade Center in order to identify those areas most significantly impacted by dust, debris and other structural materials resulting from the collapse of the buildings on September 11, 2001
• On-Scene Coordinator: WTC Emergency Response ... Data including asbestos, dioxin, PCB, PAH, metals, etc.
  
• World Trade Center: Asbestos Site Evaulation, Communication and Cleanup (Presented by: Mark Maddaloni, Chuck Nace, Dan Harkay, Marty Freeman & Kathy Callahna; Keystone, Colorado, September 22-26, 2003)
• World Trade Center Expert Technical Review Panel (March 1st, 2004)
• World Trade Center Indoor Environmental Assessment: Selecting Contaminants of Potential Concern and Setting Health-Based Benchmarks (May 2003, last updated March 1st, 2004)
  
• EPA's WTC Background Study (Interim Final, April 2003) (PDF) (last updated March 1st, 2004)
• EPA's WTC Residential Confirmation Cleaning Study (last updated March 1st, 2004)
  • Interim Final WTC Confirmation Cleaning Study: Volume I & 2 (May 2003) (last updated March 1st, 2004)
• Final Report of the Public Health Investigation to Assess Potential Exposures to Airborne and Settled Surface Dust in Residential Areas of Lower Manhattan (September 2002, PDF 3,853KB)
• Ambient and Indoor Samples for Public Health Evaluations of Residential Areas Near the WTC - Sampling Protocol (PDF 236KB)
• Summary Report: Characterization of Particulates Found in Apartments After Destruction of the World Trade Center (October 1, 2001, PDF 699KB)
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the Office of Inspector General (OIG)
  • Survey of Air Quality Information Related to the World Trade Center Collapse (Report No. 2003-P-00014, Office of Inspector General, Evaluation Report, September 26, 2003)
  • EPA's Response to the World Trade Center Collapse: Challenges, Successes, and Areas for Improvement, an evaluation of how EPA reacted to the September 11, 2001, collapse of the World Trade Center towers in New York City. (Report No. 2003-P-00012, August 21, 2003)
    
• EPA's Wipe Sampling Program (December 8th, 2003)
• Dust Cleanup and Testing Plan (last updated: October 15th, 2003)
  • Cleanup Result Summary Map
  • WTC Residential Testing Results (last updated April 18th, 2003)
  • Contracts for EPA's Downtown Residential Dust Cleanup Program Are Awarded (September 16, 2002, Last updated January 7th, 2003)
  • Test Results Request (last updated April 23rd, 2003)
  • WTC Residential Dust Cleanup Program: Carpets, Upholstered Furniture and Other Fabric Surfaces Fact Sheet (last updated October 24th, 2002) outdated
  • Frequently Asked Questions (last updated January 7th, 2003) outdated
  • Lower Manhattan Dust Cleanup: Cleanup Registration Ended 12/28/02 (Last updated January 6th, 2003)
• EXPOSURE AND HUMAN HEALTH EVALUATION OF AIRBORNE POLLUTION FROM THE WORLD TRADE CENTER DISASTER (EXTERNAL REVIEW DRAFT), National Center for Environmental Assessment (last updated on December 30, 2003)
  • Exposure and Human Health Evaluation of Airborne Pollution from the World Trade Center Disaster (October 2002, 4.8 MB)
  • Toxicological Effects of Fine Particulate Matter Derived from the Destruction of the World Trade Center (National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, December 2002)
  • Exposure and Human Health Evaluation of Airborne Pollution from the World Trade Center Disaster DRAFT (National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, October, 2002)
  • Federal Register Notice (The 60-day public comment period on the ERD begins December 27, 2002, and ends February 25, 2003)
  • Public Comments and Letters on Draft Report (PDF)
  • Summary Report of the U.S. EPA Technical Peer Review Meeting on the Draft Document Entitled: Exposure and Human Health Evaluation of Airborne Pollution from the World Trade Center Disaster
• Health Effects of the World Trade Center Collapse (last updated January 7th, 2003)
• Press Releases and Stories Related to the World Trade Center Attack
  • EPA and City Extend Deadline to Register for Downtown Cleanup and Testing Program (October 2, 2002)
  • Contracts for EPA's Downtown Residential Dust Cleanup Program Are Awarded (September 16, 2002)
  • Asbestos Testing to Start Immediately; Deadline for Assistance Requests Extended (August 16, 2002)
  • EPA Worker Wash Tent Taken Down (June 26, 2002)
  • EPA Begins Work on Pilot WTC Dust Cleaning Study (June 19, 2002)
  • EPA Launches Lower Manhattan Cleaning Hotline (June 3, 2002)
  • EPA Gets Set to Take Cleanup and Testing Requests From Lower Manhattan Residents (May 31, 2002)
  • EPA Shifts Focus To Indoor Air (May 31, 2002)
  • EPA and City Outline Comprehensive Plan to Address the Concerns of Lower Manhattan Residents about the Impacts of the World Trade Center Collapse on Indoor Air Quality (May 8, 2002)
  • Federal, State and City Agencies Announce Actions for Lower Manhattan Air Quality (March 25, 2002)
  • Environmental Monitoring Data Related to the World Trade Center Disaster Response Available to Public (October 30, 2001)
    
  • EPA Wash Stations in Lower Manhattan Suppress Dust, Protect Workers (October 18, 2001)
    
  • EPA and OSHA Web Sites Provide Environmental Monitoring Data from World Trade Center and Surrounding Areas (October 3, 2001)
    
  • NYC Monitoring Efforts Continue to Show Safe Drinking Water & Air (September 21, 2001)
  • Whitman Details Ongoing Agency Efforts to Monitor Disaster Sites, Contribute to Cleanup Efforts (September 18, 2001)
  • EPA, OSHA Update Asbestos Data, Continue to Reassure Public about Contamination Fears (September 16, 2001)
  • EPA Emergency Responses at World Trade Center and Pentagon (September 14, 2001)
    
  • EPA INITIATES EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTIVITIES, REASSURES PUBLIC ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS (09/13/2001)
    
• Benchmarks, Standards and Guidelines Established to Protect Public Health (last updated July 19th, 2002)
• Daily Environmental Monitoring Summary in Response to September 11
  
• NYC data concealed by EPA and NYC after 9/11, subsequently altered/seclectively delted by NYC (July 14, 2004; prepared by Cate Jenkins, Ph.D.)

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

• Irritative and Respiratory Problems in Relation to Environmental Exposures from the World Trade Center Disaster: A MSSM Guide for Clinicians
  
• Press conference, January 27, 2003: Report on initial findings (Press Release, Fact Sheet, NIOSH report)
• Health Issues and The World Trade Center Disaster (Update June 15, 2002)
• Irritative and Respiratory Problems in Relation to Environmental Exposures from the World Trade Center Disaster: A Guide for Clinicians (Update January, 2002)
  
• Health Consequences of the 11 September 2001 Attacks: Editorial (Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 109, Number 11, November 2001, by Philip J. Landrigan, M.D.)
• Focus: Environmenal Aftermath (Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 109, Number 11, November 2001, by Luz Claudio, Ph.D.)
• Protecting Rescue & Clean Up Workers From Health Hazards
• Health Concerns of People Who Live and Work Near the World Trade Center Disaster Site
• Tips for Reducing Exposure to Disaster Air Pollutants
• Word Trade Center Disaster Response Services
• Contact Information
• Asbestos FAQ
  

U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior
USGS Environmental Studies of the World Trade Centr Area, New York City, after September 11, 2001 (October 22, 2002, modified 2005)
Particle Atlas of World Trade Center Dust, Report 2005-1165
Determination of a Diagnostic Signature for World Trade Center Dust using Scanning Electron Microscopy Point Counting Techniques (By Gregory P. Meeker, Amy M. Bern*, Heather A. Lowers, and Isabelle K. Brownfield; Open-File Report 2005 - 1031)
Environmental Studies of the World Trade Center area after the September 11, 2001 attack, Report OFR-01-0429 (last modified February 2003)
Evaluation of World Trade Center dusts and girder coatings using a simulated precipitation leaching procedure (last modified 30-Nov-2001)

Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Medical Center

• NIEHS World Trade Center Newsletter (Fall 2003)
• Risk Communication in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Disaster (by George D. Thurston, ScD_ and Lung Chi Chen, PhD; Am J Ind Med. 2002 Dec;42(6):543-4)
  
• NYU-NIEHS WTC Forum Speaker Presentations (October 17, 2002)
• World Trade Center Environmental Impact Research Community Update (NYU Community Outreach and Education Program, COEP, Fall 2002)
• NYU Community Outreach and Education Program (COEP) Spotlighted by the NIEHS
• Community Outreach, Education, and Public Service Programs: NYU-NIEHS Community Forum on Thursday, October 18, 2001
  

National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
Messages in the Dust: What are the lessons of the environnmental health response to the terrorist attacks of September 11? (By Francesca Lyman, September 2003)

New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH)
Report on Air Sampling Near the World Trade Center Site: October 30 & 31, 2001 (Revised: July 2002)

New York City Department of Health (NYCDOH)

• World Trade Center Registry: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
  • Press Releases
    • WTCHR Newsletter: Understanding the Health Impact of 9/11 (World Trade Center Health Registry, March 2007)
    • Measuring and Maximizing Coverage in the World Trade Center Health Registry (John Wiley 2007)
    • WTC Health Registry Resources Guide (Updated January 2007)
    • April 7, 2006: Substantial Physical and Mental Health Effects Reported by WTC Building Survivors
    •  November 22, 2004: Most WTC Health Registry Enrollees Reported New or Worsened Respiratory Symptoms After 9/11/01
  • Reports, Newsletters, Resource Guide, Questionnaire (August 2005)
• "Assessing Sept 11th Health Effects: What should be Done?" Testimony of Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner of NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Before House Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations (Monday, October 28, 2003); Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1425 Madison Avenue, New York, New York)
• WTC Registry Questions and Answers (last updated 04/17/2003)
  
  • World Trade Center Registry (last updated on 08/01/2003)
  • New York City to Receive Federal Funding for World Trade Center Registry (July 8, 2002)
• ATSDR and New York City release final report on residential air and dust sampling in lower Manhattan following WTC collapse (October 4, 2002)
• New York City Launches Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (July 10, 2002)
• Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Statement on Impact of Quebec Forest Fires on New York City (July 7, 2002)
• Recommendations for Motorists in the Area Affected by the World Trade Center Disaster
• Indoor Air Sampling Plan (February 26, 2002)
• Testimony: Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Joel A. Miele Sr., P.E. Commissioner, New York City Department of Environmental Protection before the U. S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, and Climate Change (Monday, February 11, 2002, Alexander Hamilton U. S. Customs House, New York City)
• NYC Department of Health Presents Findings from Indoor Air Sampling in Lower Manhattan (February 8, 2002)
• Information for Residents of Lower Manhattan (02/08/02)
• Environmental Health Questions Following the World Trade Center Disaster (February 2002)
• World Trade Center Asbestos Update (January 2002)
• Asbestos (ACM) Fact Sheet (January 2002)
• Community Needs Assessment of Lower Manhattan Following the World Trade Center Attack: Working Together to Create Healthy Communities (December 2001)
• Cleaning Homes Near the World Trade Center: Fact Sheet (12/14/01)
• Testimony before New York State Assembly, Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation, Standing Committee on Health, Standing Committee on Labor - Environmental Risk Assessment (WTC) (November 26, 2001)
• Testimony before New York City Council, Committee on Environmental Protection - Evironmental Risk Assessment (WTC) (November 1, 2001)
• Public Health Advisory Concerning Air Quality in the Affected Area of the World Trade Center Disaster
• NYC Health Department Responds to Concerns About Air Quality in Lower Manhattan (October 5, 2001)
• NYC Health Department Distributes Health Recommendations for Residential and Commercial Reoccupation (September 22, 2001)
• Recomendations For Individuals Re-Occupying Commercial Buildings And Residents Re-Entering Their Homes (September 17, 2001)
• Recommendations for Residential and Commercial Re-occupation: Notice to Building Owners Located South of 14th Street, Manhattan (DEP) & Advisory for Building Facade Clean-up (DEP) (September 16, 2001)
• Information for Physicians Related to the World Trade Center Disaster
  
  • UPDATE #5: Terrorist Attack at the World Trade Center in New York City: Medical and Public Health Issues (September 30, 2001)
  • UPDATE #4: Terrorist Attack at the World Trade Center in New York City: Medical and Public Health Issues (September 24, 2001)
  • UPDATE #3: Terrorist Attack at the World Trade Center in New York City: Medical and Public Health Issues (September 17, 2001)
  • Update #2: Terrorist Attack at the World Trade Center in New York City: Medical and Public Health Issues of Urgent Concern (September 13, 2001)
  • Alert: Terrorist Attack at the World Trade Center in New York City: Medical and Public Health Issues of Urgent Concern (September 11, 2001)

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ASTDR)

• Minimal Risk Levels (MRLs) for Hazardous Substances; An MRL is an estimate of the daily human exposure to a hazardous substance that is likely to be without appreciable risk of adverse noncancer health effects over a specified duration of exposure. These substance-specific estimates, which are intended to serve as screening levels, are used by ATSDR health assessors and other responders to identify contaminants and potential health effects that may be of concern at hazardous waste sites
• Report on the Expert Panel on Health Effects of Asbestos and Synthetic Vitreous Fibers: The Influence of Fiber Length; Prepared for: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Division of Health Assessment and Consultation, Atlanta, GA; Prepared by: Eastern Research Group, Inc., 110 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington , MA 02421 (March 17, 2003)
  
• Final Report on Air and Dust Sampling in Lower Manhattan (ATSDR, October 4, 2002)
• Final Technical Report of the Public Health Investigation to Assess Potential Exposures to Airborne and Settled Surface Dust in Residential Areas of Lower Manhattan, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, As a part of the World Trade Center Environmental Assessment Working Group (September 2002)
  
• The Assessment Process: an interactive learning program: This program provides an overview of the public health assessment process that the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) uses to evaluate whether people will be harmed by hazardous materials from waste sites or from other places where hazardous substances have been spilled or released into the environment. (Last updated: July 9, 2002)
• ATSDR to Aid New York City in Establishing a Registry to Assess Short- and Long-term Health Effects from the World Trade Center Collapse (July 8, 2002)
• Asbestos Exposure and Your Health: contains a wealth of information about exposure to asbestos, health effects of exposure and other resources including World Trade Center Asbestos Findings
  
• ToxFAQsTM for Asbestos (CAS# 1332-21-4, September 2001)
  
• Technical Briefing Paper: Health Effects from Exposure to Fibrous Glass, Rock Wool or Slag (June 14, 2002)
• Report on Residential Air and Dust Sampling in Lower Manhattan (May 7, 2002)
• Air and Dust Sampling Results from the World Trade Center Area (February 2002)

Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI)

• A Community Forum for "NJ to NYC" Commuters: A Look at the Environmental Health Effects of 9/11: Current Research, Lessons Learned and Coping Skills from the Perspective of the "NJ to NYC" Commuter (December 10, 2002, 6:30pm - 8:30pm, Jersey City Museum, 350 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, NJ); includes powerpoint presentations
• Lessons Learned on Environmental, Occupational, and Residential Exposures from the Attack on the WTC (submitted to the American Journal of Industrial Medicine, PDF file)
• Environmental Health Effects of WTC
  • Analysis of indoor settled dust and smoke; Characterization of the Dust/Smoke Aerosol that Settled East of the World Trade Center (WTC) in Lower Manhattan (Principal Investigator: Paul J. Lioy)
    
  • Health Effects Research (updated on April 02, 2003)
  • University Research (updated April 23, 2003)
  • Toxicology Research (updated December 31, 2002)
  • Monitoring Projects & Research (updated December 31, 2002)
  • Outreach Projects (updated November 06, 2003)
    
  • Rescue Dogs (updated February 14, 2003)
• Dust in Your Home/Business: Removing It and Reducing Your Exposure (updated October 16, 2001)

Toxic Targeting, Inc.
World Trade Center Contamination Documents

New York State Department of Conservation (NYSDEC)
Assessing and Mitigating Impacts of Fine Particulate Matter Emissions: NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Draft Commissioner's Policy
Air Monitoring Data Downtown Manhattan (709322 - Albany Street)

New York City Department of Protection (NYCDEP)

• Certified Asbestos Investigators, Contractors and Firms
• Air Monitoring in Lower Manhattan
• Advisory for Building Façade Clean-up (October 24, 2001)

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

• NIOSH HEALTH HAZARD EVALUATION REPORT: HETA #2002-0090; 2002-0096; 2002-0101-3028, Buildings in the Vicinity of the World Trade Center, New York City, New York ... (Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, November 2006)
• Potential Exposures to Airborne and Settled Surface Dust in Residential Areas of Lower Manhattan Following the Collapse of the World Trade Center --- New York City, November 4--December 11, 2001 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, February 21, 2003 / 52(07);131-136)
• CDC Releases Most Extensive Assessment Ever of Americans' Exposure to Environmental Chemicals (CDC News Release, January 31, 2003)
• Second National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals ... The Report is the second in a series of publications that provide an ongoing assessment of the exposure of the U.S. population to environmental chemicals using biomonitoring. Biomonitoring is the assessment of human exposure to chemicals by measuring the chemicals or their metabolites in human specimens such as blood or urine. (Released January 31, 2003)
• Community Needs Assessment of Lower Manhattan Residents Following the World Trade Center Attacks --- Manhattan, New York City, 2001 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 11, 2002 / 51(Special Issue); 10-13)
• Injuries and Illnesses Among New York City Fire Department Rescue Workers After Responding to the World Trade Center Attacks (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 11, 2002 / 51(Special Issue);1-5)
• Impact of September 11 Attacks on Workers in the Vicinity of the World Trade Center --- New York City (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 11, 2002 / 51(Special Issue); 8-10)
• Use of Respiratory Protection Among Responders at the World Trade Center Site --- New York City, September 2001 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 11, 2002 / 51(Special Issue); 6-8)
• Self-Reported Increase in Asthma Severity After the September 11 Attacks on the World Trade Center --- Manhattan, New York, 2001 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 6, 2002 / 51(35);781-784)
• Occupational Exposures to Air Contaminants at the World Trade Center Disaster Site --- New York, September--October, 2001 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, May 31, 2002 / 51(21);453-6)
• Results for the World Trade Center Disaster Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (February 2002)
• Workplace Surveillance at the World Trade Center Site (powerpoint presentation)
• Asbestos
• Summary Report to the New York City Department of Health: NIOSH Air Sample
• World Trade Center Press Kit

New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH)

Updates:

• Internal EPA Document Reveals Agency Shortcomings in Lower Manhattan (March 28, 2003)
• Rep. Nadler, NYCOSH and unions demand EPA cleanup of Lower Manhattan workplaces (February 18, 2003)

World Trade Center Catastrophe Factsheets:

1. World Trade Center Catastrophe Worker Health Fact Sheet (September 21, 2001)
2. Victims of the World Trade Center catastrophe are eligible for many kinds of compensation (September 28, 2001)
3. Cleaning Up Indoor Dust and Debris in the World Trade Center Area, includes Recommendations for Vacuuming and Other Cleaning Procedures (Revised December 14, 2001)

Directory of Accredited Laboratories: Asbestos Fiber Analysis

• Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) Test Method (last updated October 30, 2003)
  
• Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Test Method (last updated October 30, 2003)
  

New Jersey Community Forest Council

Preliminary Assessment: Community and Forest Impacts and the World Trade Center Collapse (December 13, 2001)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

• A Dangerous Worksite: The World Trade Center (OSHA 3193-11-03)
• Sampling Area Map - World Trade Center
• Safety and Health Topics: Asbestos (Revised: 19 December 2002)
  

Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA)
1757 Chase Avenue, Cincinnati OH 45223, Phone: 513-542-7475
World Trade Center Peer Review Meeting was held on October 21-22, 2002.

• Indoor Air Assessment: Selecting Contaminants of Potential Concern and Setting Health-Based Benchmarks (pdf, Revised) May 2003
• Response to Peer Review Comments (pdf) May 2003
• Meeting Notes (February 7, 2003)
• Executive Summary (November 6, 2002)

Hunter College of CUNY
Assessing Community Exposures following the WTC Disaster

Columbia University Center for Environmental Health
Health and Environmental Effects of World Trade Center Exposures

Environmental Defense
Rebuilding Lower Manhattan: A Clean Air Initiative: A briefing paper on dramatically improving long-term air quality at the World Trade Center site as the area becomes one of the nation's largest construction sites. (11 January 2002)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

• Series of pictures taken of metropolitan NYC (and other parts of NY as well as NJ) by one of the Expedition Three crew members onboard the International Space Station (ISS) at various times on 9/11/01. enter manhattan as the search
• Aerial Image from Sept 12, 2001, with thick plume over Bayonne, NJ
  

Immune Web
The Scope of the Smoke & Dust: 9/11 Photos

Bureau of Land Management - National Interagency Fire Center
Remote Sensing/Fire Weather Support Unit: World Trade Center Recovery Support

United States Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS)
Dust and Debris Fact Sheet (September 16, 2001)

U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
Just the Facts...Health Information for World Trade Center Support Personnel

National Library of Medicine
Extensive resource list on World Trade Center Attacks

FEMA
Aerial view of the recovery operations underway at the WTC - September 29, 2001

Other
Mineral Wool Defined
FAQs About Mineral Wool (Rock and Slag Wool) Insulation (North American Insultation Manufacturers Association)
Photos from Ground Zero (9-13-01)