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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Status of Air and Dust Asbestos Testing After WTC Collapse]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[[pdf document, Cate Jenkins, EPA Hazardous Waste Identification Division, March 11, 2002] This memorandum provides documentation of EPA Region 2&#039;s failure to address the aftermath of the World Trade Center (WTC) collapse with adequate environmental monitoring for asbestos.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/2878">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[September 11, One Year Later: A World of Change]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[While it is too soon for judgments of historic import, this special edition policy brief takes a look at the immediate effects that 9/11 has had on many fronts including the economy, the environment, globalization, and the U.S. relationship with Russia, China, Central Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. The brief also considers how future events and key policy choices will dictate the eventual significance of 9/11.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/2879">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[World Trade Center Indoor Air Assessment:  Selecting Contaminants of Potential Concern and Setting H]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[[pdf document,  World Trade Center Indoor Air Taskforce Working Group, 2002] Once the outdoor recovery efforts were completed, health and environmental agencies turned their focus to the indoor environment. A Working Group comprised of staff from The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and several other agencies developed a document with a list of pollutants -- Contaminants of Potential Concern (COPC) --  that could be of concern in the indoor environment in lower Manhattan, standards for safe levels for these contaminants and assessments of the effectiveness of various cleaning methods. It then requested the non-profit research organization, Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA), to conduct an independent scientific peer review of this work. This was the main document reviewed by TERA, and was presented at the TERA conference on these issues. Email: TERA@TERA.org]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/2880">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Dislocating Alcyoneus: How to combat al-Qaeda and the new terrorism]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This memo outlines a strategy for defeating the new terrorism, located in networks such as al-Qaeda, which use terrorism in order to catalyze political-cultural polarization and mobilization.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/2881">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Al-Qaeda&#039;s New Enemy]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Pakistan&#039;s turn against Al Qaeda makes it more vulnerable to terrorist attack.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/2882">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Dealing with Asbestos in the New York Cleanu]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[ [pdf document, International Union of Operating Engineers, 2001] A flyer for those involved in WTC cleanup as well as downtown residents, about protecting oneself against asbestos contamination. Produced by the Operating Engineers National Hazmat Program.  Email: hazmat@iuoeiettc.org  Website: www.hazmat.org ]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/2883">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Revised Version of White Paper on Lower Manhattan Air Quality]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[[pdf document, U.S. Congressman Jerrold Nadler, April 12, 2002]. This report alleges that the EPA misled the public about the hazards of lower Manhattan&#039;s air quality and that testing of indoor air quality has been inadequate. It calls on the EPA to systematically and properly test and remediate all downtown buildings affected by the World Trade Center tragedy, using properly trained personnel and the best-available equipment and methods tied to genuine, established health-based standards. ]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/2884">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Debate over National Insurance Against Terrorism]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[In the wake of the attacks of September 11, commercial insurance is drying up for protection against acts of terror. ]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/2885">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[WAR,TERRORISM, AND AMERICAS CLASSROOMS: Teaching in the Aftermath of the September 11th Tragedy; A R]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Suggestions for teaching about September 11]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Abuses Of 9/11]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The author argues that the American public is being fed distortions and lies as selfish politics overtakes public service goals. ]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/2888">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Summary Report: Characterization of Particulate Found in Apartments After Destruction of the World T]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[ [pdf document, Eric J. Chatfield, Ph.D. and John R. Kominsky, M.Sc., CIH, CSP, CHMM, October 12, 2001]  At the request of a informal committee of elected officials including U.S. Congressman Jerrold Nadler and Manhattan Borough President Virginia Fields, two environmental scientists, Eric J. Chatfield and John R. Kominsky took indoor dust and air samples near the WTC site in September, 2001. They found high levels of asbestos in many of the samples, and recommended that all WTC dust be treated as asbestos-contaminated unless tested and shown to be asbestos-free.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/2890">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Policy Statement]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Representatives from over 50 New York labor unions, community groups, research and advocacy organizations, and service providers offer guidelines to shape the redevelopment of the WTC site.]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Responding to Chemical, Biological, or Nuclear Terrorism: The Indirect and Long-Term Health Effects ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[ [pdf document, Kenneth C. Hyams, Frances M. Murphy, Simon Wessely, 2002] This article, by .Kenneth C. Hyams and Frances M. Murphy of the Department of Veterans Affairs and Simon Wessely of Guys, Kings and St. Thomas School of Medicine and Institute of Psychiatry, London, was written prior to the September 2001 terrorist attacks. They note that the possibility of terrorists employing chemical, biological, or nuclear/ radiological (CBN) materials has been a concern since 1995 when sarin gas was dispersed in a Tokyo subway. These incidents can cause widespread confusion, fear, and psychological stress that have lasting effects on the health of affected communities and on a nations sense of well-being. To respond effectively to CBN attacks, a comprehensive strategy needs to be developed that includes not only emergency response, but also long-term health care, risk communication, research, and economic assistance. Organizing an effective response challenges government institutions because the issues involvedeligibility for health care, the effects of low-level exposure to toxic agents, stress-related illnesses, unlicensed therapeutics, financial compensationare complex and controversial. In this revised version, the authors note that some of the concerns raised in the original manuscript about the acute health effects of a terrorist attack have come to pass, but they underestimated the impact that a terrorist attack would have, not only on the targeted community but also on the general population and its leaders. (Originally published in Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Vol. 27, No. 2, April 2002; Duke University Press) ]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Pentagon&#039;s New Budget, New Strategy, and New War]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This article examines the new US military strategy as codified in the September 2001 Quadrennial Defense Review and practiced in the Afghan war. The report contrasts the new QDR with its 1997 predecessor, paying special attention to the Bush administration&#039;s &quot;new concept of deterrence.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The NYC Literacy Community Responds to September 11]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The NYC Literacy Community Responds to September 11 <br />
[pdf document, Literacy Harvest, Literacy Assistance Center, New York, Fall 2002] A special issue of the Literacy Assistance Center in New York, with articles reflecting on how both students and teachers responded to the September 11 crisis. Articles cover the attacks effects on immigrant communities, how to deal with crisis in a classroom setting, and helping students develop critical media skills. <br />
The Literacy Assistance Center, www.lacnyc.org, is a not-for-profit organization that provides essential referral, training, information and technical assistance services to hundreds of adult and youth literacy programs in New York.<br />
]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/2894">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TERRORIST ATTACK: New York City Fact Sheet]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Study analyzing economic impact of 9/11 on New York City]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Special Investigative Audit #14: Environmental Data Trend Report, World Trade Center Disaster; Final]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[[pdf document,  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2002; October, 2001 draft]. This document was prepared by IT Corporation, Las Vegas, Nevada for the EPA&#039;s Office of Emergency and Remedial Response. It contains an analysis of the data collected by a range of government agencies of the materials present it the dust cloud that blanketed lower Manhattan after the World Trade Center attacks. The concern was that some of those materials, including asbestos, airborne metals in dust, and particulate matter, had the potential to cause health problems to workers and residents if they were present in sufficiently high concentrations. For this analysis, a database was constructed of the many kinds of data collected by these agencies. The data was then evaluated and sorted by date, concentration, and location to seek trends. Some statistical correlations were calculated. Preliminary conclusions warned that the large number of substances found required prioritization, since few substances had been thoroughly evaluated. Background data from New York City, prior to September 11, would be useful in establishing the impact of the WTC event. Several very high concentrations of many toxic compounds were detected in the bulk dust samples and low correlations between compounds from different classes suggested many different sources of contamination. This report was one of the references noted in the EPA-sponsored working group document, &quot;World Trade Center Indoor Air Assessment: &quot;]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/2896">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Al Qaeda, Military Commissions, and American Self-Defense]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This article by Ruth Wedgwood of the Political Science Quarterly critically examines the U.S. detainment of al Qaeda prisoners and  others accused of visa violations or of being enemy combatants]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/2897">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Proposed Homeland Security Bill Deprives Security Personnel of Labor Rights ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Yamada argues that the proposed Homeland Security bill has the potential to strip federal security workers of crucial labor rights.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/2898">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[U.S. National Security: Illusions versus Realities]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A critical analysis of the new definitions of national security emerging from the war against terrorism. It argues that &quot;as the government prosecutes a so-called war on terrorism without a visible enemy or a definable resolution, it behooves us to separate illusions from realities.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
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