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Report blasts EPA cleanup at Ground Zero
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usair0906,0,6671130.story

BY GLENN THRUSH | glenn.thrush@newsday.com
September 6, 2007

WASHINGTON - The Government Accountability Office has condemned the cleanup and testing program for Ground Zero-area buildings, saying the federal Environmental Protection Agency has largely ignored New Yorkers' health and safety concerns.

In a report released Wednesday, the nonpartisan federal watchdog claimed EPA's current program for indoor areas contaminated by World Trade Center dust has been underfunded, misdirected and failed to include areas in the Sept. 11 debris cloud north of Canal Street and in Brooklyn.
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