TOTAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

An internal EPA memo has surfaced via RAWSTORY. Here's the executive summary:

"OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
DATE: October 25, 2006
FROM: Cate Jenkins, Ph.D.*
GCB/HWID/OSW/OSWER/EPA
jenkins.cate@epa.gov
TO: Bill Roderick, Acting EPA Inspector General
EPA Office of the Inspector General

COMPLAINT:
? Cover-up, corrosive alkalinity of WTC dust by EPA, OSHA and NYC
? Falsification of the health implications of the alkaline pH data
? Fraudulent reporting of pH levels for smallest WTC dust particles

This memorandum supplements my August 22, 2006 complaint that EPA fraudulently reported pH tests results showing the corrosive alkalinity of dust from the collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC).

Part A addresses the overall alkalinity of WTC dust, both large and small particles. EPA, OSHA and NYC illegally withheld pH data, and then falsified the associated health hazards for the pH data that it did release to the public. The EPA and OSHA criteria for corrosivity to human tissues are discussed. The sources and identities of alkaline constituents of WTC dust are provided. WTC dust on the Pile at Ground Zero would have been much more alkaline, based on the high temperatures from the ongoing fires converting materials to oxides and hydroxides. All publicly available pH testing has been restricted to the relatively low temperature dust generated during the initial collapse of the WTC, outside the perimeter of Ground Zero.

Part B addresses the fraudulent reporting (actually changing the numbers) for the pH of the smallest, most dangerous particles in WTC dust. New documentation is included to augment my original August 22 complaint to the EPA IG.

This complaint does not address EPA's fraudulent misrepresentations of the health significance of other toxic substances contained in WTC dust. Note that my July 4, 2003 submission to the EPA IG included the complaint that EPA had withheld alkalinity data from the public and rescue/recovery workers. This complaint was ignored and not even mentioned in the IG's August 21, 2003 report on EPA's role after the WTC collapse.

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