Official worried about 2nd wave of 9/11 victims (ground zero's toxic dust)

[sabra]

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12466875/

Official worried about 2nd wave of 9/11 victims
Autopsy linking detective's death to ground zero's toxic dust a warning sign

WASHINGTON - The government’s point man on Sept. 11 health programs said he is worried that an autopsy linking a retired detective’s death to recovery work at ground zero may be a warning sign of other life-threatening cases.

Dr. John Howard also said it will take time to determine whether there is a scientific link between deaths and exposure to toxic dust. Some epidemiologists have said it will take 20 years or more to prove such a link.

Howard, who is to meet in New York this week with congressional leaders about ground zero health issues, was tapped by the Bush administration in February to coordinate the federal response to ongoing Sept. 11 health programs.

That role took on greater urgency with the April release of retired Det. James Zadroga’s autopsy, which concluded “with a reasonable degree of medical certainty that the cause of death in this case was directly related to the 9/11 incident.” The autopsy said Zadroga died in January of respiratory failure caused by exposure to toxic dust.

[tanyev]

1. Genuinely worried or worried about how much bad PR

this could cause?

[HockeyMom]

2. PR

If you didn't breathe that toxic soup, you simply cannot imagine how bad it was.

And in my case, I am talking 30 miles away and 3 days later. I shudder to imagine what it was like day after day right at Ground Zero, for both first responders, residents, and workers in the area.

[IndianaGreen]

3. But the EPA assured the public that it was safe!

Does this government ever tells the truth?

[ktlyon]

4. Here is another one that the great minds at DU knew long ago

At the time people here at DU new that the dust would be bad but once again no one listened.

[Ecumenist]

5. No kiddin

For to maintain health, it's advisable not to breathe air you can see. Any idiot undestands that..