Report - Data on toxic dust never made it to ground zero

Monday, February 11, 2002

ST. LOUIS -- The massive amount of dust created by the fallen World Trade Center towers was as caustic as liquid drain cleaner, according to research conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in the days following the Sept. 11 attacks.

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