Concerns with WTC Scrap Addressed in Interview

A recent interview by National Public Radio, with Bob Kelman, senior vice president of Hugo Neu Schnitzer in Jersey City, N.J., touched on quality concerns with the scrap metal generated from the World Trade Center.

Hugo Neu Schnitzer is one of the companies now handling hundreds of thousands of tons of scrap metal from the World Trade Center. The company has been putting the scrap on barges directly from Ground Zero, or taking metal from Fresh Kills landfill. The metal goes to mills in countries including the United States, India, China and Mexico.

In India, concerns have been raised over possible asbestos and other contamination, but tests so far indicate that there is no significant hazard to metal workers.

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