Fallout: The Environmental Consequences of the World Trade Center Collapse

Initially dismissed as alarmist, Fallout has since been corroborated by numerous recent reports in the national news media documenting the long-term health implications of an enormous failure of leadership; as the New York Times reported over the summer, "[the Environmental Protection Agency] systematically misled New Yorkers about the risks the resulting air pollution posed to their health. And it did so under pressure from the White House." Investigative reporter Juan Gonzalez's damning indictment of the Giuliani administration and the EPA details how, in their rush to get the city back to work, the mayor and Whitman put tens of thousands of downtown residents and workers at risk.