"I'm glad to reassure the people of New York that their air is safe to breathe." Christine Todd Whitman September 18, 2001 "Residents are advised to use a wet mop... to clean their apartments." New York City Department of Health Deaths from 9/11 Aftermath Will Soon Outpace Number Killed on September 11 Ground Zero Wars: The Fight to Reveal the Lies of the EPA in the Wake of 9/11 and Clean Up Lower Manhattan May 7, 2017 by Jenna Orkin 5 out of 5 stars 2 September 11 was an event that has changed the world and life as we know it. It was also an environmental disaster of epic proportions. Hundreds of tons of asbestos were pulverized into unusually small particles which the plume carried for miles to Brooklyn and beyond. The towers also contained approximately 50,000 computers each made with approximately four pounds