Former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine Todd Whitman went before a House subcommittee Monday to testify about the EPA’s reports on the air quality of Lower Manhattan in the aftermath of 9/11, reports which have come under extreme criticism for apparent contradictions and questionable revisions by the White House. Our coverage of a related Senate subcommittee hearing in last Thursday’s episode touched on the White House’s role in shaping these reports. In today’s episode of TPMtv, we show you Whitman resting contentedly on the reassurances she pushed at the time, seemingly willfully ignorant of the number of workers and residents who have grown sick and dying in the ensuing years …
Late Update: Read all about the Mount Sinai Medical Center study, cited at one point during the hearing by Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), here.
