By: Anthony DePalma

Hardcover

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The true story of the ongoing human health crisis that followed 9/11 - now fully told for the first time.

• After 9/11: How clear medical risks were given short shrift, and serious ongoing dangers were discounted in the rush to get New York City back to work.
• Full and rich coverage of the human stories of this ongoing, unfolding tragedy, and the scientific, government, and legal attempts to provide justice for the victims.
• By the NY Times correspondent who covered Ground Zero for 4 years.

The destruction on 9/11 of two of the world's largest buildings unleashed a vortex of dust and ash that blotted out the sun and has distorted science, medicine and public policy ever since. The likely dangers of 9/11's massive dust cloud were evident from the beginning, yet thousands chose not to see. Why? As the sickening results of exposure became evident, many still refused to recognize them. Why? The consequences are still being tallied in the wasted bodies and disrupted lives of thousands who gave their all when the need was greatest, but whose demands for justice have been consumed by years of politics and courtroom maneuvers. Why? In City of Dust , Anthony DePalma offers the first full accounting of one of the gravest environmental catastrophes in United States history, separating reality from myth - and doing so with exceptional literary style and grace. DePalma covered Ground Zero for The New York Times for four years. DePalma introduces heroic firefighters, dedicated doctors and scientists, obsessive city officials, partisan politicians, aggressive lawyers, and compassionate judges and reveals the individual decisions that destroyed public trust, and the desperate attempts made to rebuild it. The dust that was the World Trade Center has changed everything it touched. This is the story of that dust, the 9/11 disaster after the disaster, and what it tells us about ourselves and our future.

About The Author

Anthony DePalma is currently writer-in-residence at Seton Hall University. DePalma spent 22 years as a reporter and foreign correspondent for The New York Times. After 9/11, he wrote many of the Times' Pulitzer Prize-winning "Portraits of Grief" and spent four years covering the environmental and health consequences of ground zero. A 2007 Emmy finalist for "Toxic Legacy," in 2009 he won the prestigious Maria Moors Cabot Prize for distinguished international reporting. DePalma's books include Here: A Biography of the New American Continent and The Man Who Invented Fidel: Castro, Cuba, and Herbert L. Matthews of The New York Times.

Reviewed By The Publisher

The World Trade Center’s destruction unleashed one of the gravest environmental catastrophes in U.S. history. Now, former NY Times Ground Zero reporter Anthony DePalma presents a full accounting of the disaster that followed 9/11. He separates myths from reality…reveals decisions that destroyed public trust…shares victims’ untold stories…and helps us ensure this never happens again.

Other Reviews
Kirkus Reviews calls Anthony DePalma's City of Dust "An important story with broad ramifications." Natural Resources Defense Council calls City of Dust "Part chronicle of tragedy and heroism, part detective story and part legal thriller."

Acknowledgments	p. x
About the Author	p. xi
Catastrophe
Introduction	p. 3
All That We Hold Dear	p. 9
Optimism or Arrogance?	p. 27
Significant Chaos	p. 43
Disease
Raising Doubts	p. 65
A Gathering Storm	p. 81
Building a Science	p. 99
It's Not the Dying	p. 117
Life and Dust	p. 145
Doubt
Such Money Grubbers as These	p. 171
Degrees of Certitude	p. 191
Beyond Doubt	p. 209
Assaulting Uncertainty	p. 239
Science on Trial	p. 261
Reality
Missed Opportunities	p. 287
Afterclap	p. 299
Epilogue	p. 317
Index	p. 329
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ISBN: 9780131385665
ISBN-10: 0131385666
Series: FT Press Science
Audience: General
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 352
Published: 19th October 2010
Publisher: FINANCIAL TIMES PRENTICE
Dimensions (cm): 23.927 x 15.9  x 2.946
Weight (kg): 23.2