Monday, April 16, 2012

Did the EPA test the Harlem environment post 9/11?

The answer to the question is hell no!  The readings on the EPA referred WTC Environmental Contamination report has Harlem testing results from 1989 as most recent.  


I was visiting the EPA's site today, their WTC contamination page, as part of my update on how medical marijuana can help with World Trade Center Illness for this year's Los Angeles Global Marijuana March presentation.


I've been saying over the years that it seems nobody who can do anything is testing the air, land and water in Harlem with regard to the World Trade Center dust.  I've bitched about how I've failed to get even one politician to even look at the possibility that the people in Harlem are in danger of dying from chronic exposure to World Trade Center dust, just like the first responders who got their large dose of toxins early.  By accident, I may have stumbled on proof of that theory, based on my decades as an environmental activist and my experience with the City of New York regarding making the issue affecting Harlem any type of a priority in governing.  


The searched page I'm referring to is WTC Environmental Contamination - http://www.wtcreadings.net/wtc/Default.aspx


Park Place vs. Harlem readings - Notice the dates



SelectDeSelectSelect All PollutantsDeSelect All PollutantsNew York CountyNEW YORK CO1 PACE PLAZA PARK ROW
Select ItemDeSelect ItemPollutantReading BeginReading EndShow Reporting Org
SelectDeSelectPM10 TOTAL 0-10UM9/13/2002 12:00:00 AM10/31/2003 11:00:00 PM
SelectDeSelectPM10 - LOCAL CONDITIONS11/1/2003 12:00:00 AM12/31/2004 11:00:00 PM
SelectDeSelectPM2.5 - LOCAL CONDITIONS9/24/2001 12:00:00 AM12/31/2004 11:00:00 PM
SelectDeSelectSelect All PollutantsDeSelect All PollutantsNew York CountyNEW YORK COCCNY, CONVENT AV.& 141ST STREET
Select ItemDeSelect ItemPollutantReading BeginReading EndShow Reporting Org
SelectDeSelectSUSPENDED PARTICULATE (TSP)1/8/1970 12:00:00 AM3/23/1989 12:00:00 AM
SelectDeSelectBENZENE SOL ORG(TSP)1/8/1970 12:00:00 AM3/28/1979 12:00:00 AM
SelectDeSelectNITRATE (TSP)1/8/1970 12:00:00 AM3/23/1989 12:00:00 AM
SelectDeSelectSULFATE (TSP)1/8/1970 12:00:00 AM3/23/1989 12:00:00 AM
SelectDeSelectSULFUR DIOXIDE1/1/1971 12:00:00 AM11/16/1989 12:00:00 PM
SelectDeSelectALDEHYDE10/1/1977 12:00:00 AM12/31/1977 11:00:00 PM
SelectDeSelectPM10 TOTAL 0-10UM4/22/1989 12:00:00 AM11/12/1989 12:00:00 AM
SelectDeSelectNITRATE (PM10)4/22/1989 12:00:00 AM11/12/1989 12:00:00 AM
SelectDeSelectSULFATE (PM10)4/22/1989 12:00:00 AM11/12/1989 12:00:00 AM





SelectDeSelectSelect All PollutantsDeSelect All PollutantsNew York CountyNEW YORK COHARLEM COURT HOUSE, 170 E. 121ST STREET
Select ItemDeSelect ItemPollutantReading BeginReading EndShow Reporting Org
SelectDeSelectSUSPENDED PARTICULATE (TSP)1/2/1970 12:00:00 AM8/3/1974 12:00:00 AM
SelectDeSelectFLUORIDE (TSP)1/2/1970 12:00:00 AM12/14/1970 12:00:00 AM
SelectDeSelectAMMONIUM (TSP)1/2/1970 12:00:00 AM12/25/1974 12:00:00 AM
SelectDeSelectNITRATE (TSP)1/2/1970 12:00:00 AM12/25/1974 12:00:00 AM
SelectDeSelectSULFATE (TSP)1/2/1970 12:00:00 AM12/25/1974 12:00:00 AM
SelectDeSelectSULFUR DIOXIDE1/29/1970 12:00:00 AM12/18/1973 12:00:00 AM
SelectDeSelectNITROGEN DIOXIDE1/4/1973 12:00:00 AM12/18/1973 12:00:00 AM