Judge Slams Ex-EPA Chief Over Sept. 11

[FormerRepublican]

"NEW YORK - A federal judge blasted former Environmental Protection Agency chief Christine Todd Whitman on Thursday for reassuring New Yorkers soon after the Sept. 11 attacks that it was safe to return to their homes and offices while toxic dust was polluting the neighborhood.

U.S. District Judge Deborah A. Batts refused to grant Whitman immunity against a class-action lawsuit brought in 2004 by residents, students and workers in lower Manhattan and Brooklyn who said they were exposed to hazardous materials from the collapse of the World Trade Center.

"No reasonable person would have thought that telling thousands of people that it was safe to return to lower Manhattan, while knowing that such return could pose long-term health risks and other dire consequences, was conduct sanctioned by our laws," the judge said.

She called Whitman's actions "conscience-shocking," saying the EPA chief knew that the fall of the twin towers released tons of hazardous materials into the air."

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Does anyone in the Bush Administration EVER tell the truth? Perhaps there should be a disclaimer on every news story about the Bush Administration.

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. Republicans. They think that making profit is the only purpose for

goverment.

[spuddonna]

2. Many of the cleanup workers are very sick...

... I heard this on AAR, but haven't been able to follow-up. I remember it was mentioned in one of the news updates. They were saying that money that was supposed to go to help these people who are becoming disabled/chronically ill is not materializing...

What a crime... They wanted to get the damn stock market back open... I wonder if we'll ever know how many people were affected...

[Wilms]

3. K&R n/t