Former EPA chief Whitman at center of 9/11 air safety controversy says 'I'm sorry'

A day before the 15-year anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York, Christine Todd Whitman, then head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has finally admitted that she may have been wrong about the safety of the air in the city following the incident. 

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"I'm very sorry that people are sick," Whitman told the Guardian. "I'm very sorry that people are dying and if the EPA and I in any way contributed to that, I’m sorry. We did the very best we could at the time with the knowledge we had."

In the days and weeks following the destruction of the Twin Towers, residents of lower Manhattan expressed concerns regarding local air quality in the wake of the particle debris and toxins spread by the fall of the buildings.  Read more...

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