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In City of Dust, Anthony DePalma offers the first full accounting of one of the gravest environmental catastrophes in United States history. 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?, 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.
Contents
Acknowledgments xAbout the Author xiPart I: CatastropheIntroduction 3Chapter 1 All That We Hold Dear 9Chapter 2 Optimism or Arrogance? 27Chapter 3 Significant Chaos 43Part II: DiseaseChapter 4 Raising Doubts 65Chapter 5 A Gathering Storm 81Chapter 6 Building a Science 99Chapter 7 It's Not the Dying 117Chapter 8 Life and Dust 145Part III: DoubtChapter 9 Such Money Grubbers as These 171Chapter 10 Degrees of Certitude 191Chapter 11 Beyond Doubt 209Chapter 12 Assaulting Uncertainty 239Chapter 13 Science on Trial 261Part IV: RealityChapter 14 Missed Opportunities 287Chapter 15 Afterclap 299Epilogue 317Index 329
