In the days and weeks following the collapse of the World Trade Center, the White House pressured the Environmental Protection Agency to not warn the public about the potential health effects and to not issue guidelines for the public about cleaning apartments and offices. That is the conclusion of a yet-to-be-released investigation by the EPA’s inspector general, according to a report in the New York Times. The report goes on to say the White House’s handling of situation was influenced strongly by its desire to see the stock markets quickly reopen on Wall Street.