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RECORD NUMBER: 2 OF 10Main Title | City of dust : illness, arrogance, and 9/11 / | |||||||||||
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Author | DePalma, Anthony, | |||||||||||
Publisher | FT Press, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2011 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 551198032 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9780131385665; 0131385666 | |||||||||||
Subjects | September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Health aspects--New York (State)--New York ; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Environmental aspects--New York (State)--New York ; Air quality management--New York (State)--New York ; World Trade Center Site (New York, NY) ; Air Pollutants ; Dust ; New York (State)--New York--World Trade Center Site | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001) | |||||||||||
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Collation | 339 pages ; 24 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | All that we hold dear -- Optimism or arrogance? -- Significant chaos -- Raising doubts -- A gathering storm -- Building a science -- It's not the dying -- Life and dust -- Such money grubbers as these -- Degrees of certitude -- Beyond doubt -- Assaulting uncertainty -- Science on trial -- Missed opportunities -- Afterclap. 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. |