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Ground Zero helpers sue government over air quality 'lies' after towers fell.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, November, 2004
By Thomas Zambito, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 24--Several Ground Zero workers sued the federal government yesterday for allegedly lying about air quality after the World Trade Center attacks.
The suit accuses officials of the Environmental Protection Agency of making misleading public statements about the level of dangerous contaminants released into the air after the twin towers were destroyed in a terror strike.
The plaintiffs say they were sent to work without proper protective gear, exposing them to PCBs, asbestos, benzene and other known carcinogens.
Among those making claims are city correction officers, a National Guard medic and a city paramedic sent to help with the cleanup. A...
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