Ex EPA head blames NYC for 9/11 health woes

Former EPA administrator Christine Todd Whitman is blaming New York City officials for not forcing Ground Zero workers to wear respirators during the 9/11 cleanup. But Congressman Jerrold Nadler called Whitman's remarks on 60 Minutes "a pathetic attempt by someone desperate to escape prosecution in federal court, and in the court of public opinion." Background: Nadler's April 12, 2002 white paper (PDF) and Abrahm Lustgarten's The toxic fallout of 9/11 in Salon, August 15, 2003.