Smokescreen
christine Todd Whitman, the former head of the us Environmental Protection Agency (epa), is in the hot seat for downplaying the health hazards faced by New York city residents after the September 11, 2001 attacks. A recent report of epa's inspector general indicates that Whitman assured the public that air was safe before tests results were finalised. She also allowed epa statements to be screened by the Council on Environmental Quality, which is chaired by James Connaughton
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