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Response to the comment by Henry Kahn and Dennis Santella on a summary of the development of a signature for detection of residual dust from the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings

Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology volume 20, pages 491–492 (2010)Cite this article

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We believe that the comments by Henry Kahn and Dennis Santella (K&S) are flawed because they assume a use for the signature method that was never intended. Further, the K&S comments neglect to provide an adequate history of the process that led to the development of the WTC dust signature.

Our responses to K&S are from the perspective of the Signature Sub-Group of the World Trade Center Expert Technical Review Panel (WTCETRP). The WTCETRP (http://www.epa.gov/wtc/panel/) was convened to address outstanding public health issues, potential residual environmental contamination from WTC dust, and the geographic extent of the dust plume generated by the 9/11/2001 tragedy. (http://www.epa.gov/wtc/panel/pdfs/Clint-Lieb-ltr.pdf)

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  1. US Geological Survey, MS973, Denver, Colorado, USA,

    Gregory P Meeker & Heather A Lowers

  2. Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute of New Jersey, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

    Paul J Lioy

  3. Department of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

    Paul J Lioy

  4. Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University, Tuxedo, New York, USA

    Morton Lippmann

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Meeker, G., Lioy, P., Lippmann, M. et al. Response to the comment by Henry Kahn and Dennis Santella on a summary of the development of a signature for detection of residual dust from the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 20, 491–492 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/jes.2010.45

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