NYC hid toxic air dangers after 9/11, 9,400-plus have died since

New York released 170,000 documents showing officials hid what they knew about toxic air at Ground Zero.

Why it mattersOfficials told residents the air was safe while privately knowing it carried toxic chemicals, leaving people exposed to serious illness and death.

AustraliaNo direct Australian effect, but illustrates how government silence on public health hazards can cause mass harm over decades.

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