City of dust : illness, arrogance and 9/11

Examines the effects of the dust and ash caused by the towers collapsing on September 11, 2001, in New York, discusses other possible health and environmental issues that could occur, and recounts how the aftermath was treated politically

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DePalma, Anthony (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : FT Press , c2011
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505 0 |a 1. All that we hold dear -- 2. Optimism or arrogance? -- 3. Significant chaos -- 4. Raising doubts -- 5. A gathering storm -- 6. Building a science -- 7. It's not the dying -- 8. Life and dust -- 9. Such money grubbers as these -- 10. Degrees of certitude -- 11. Beyond doubt -- 12. Assaulting uncertainty -- 13. Science on trial -- 14. Missed opportunities -- 15. Afterclap 
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