" use up rescue workers like so much tissue paper."

[donsu]

http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/2395

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But activists fear that federal, state and local authorities are keeping workers ill-informed about and unprotected from the risks, with possibly disastrous health consequences. Environmentalists with the Sierra Club and other organizations believe the storm’s damage is so total that the highest degree of precaution should be exercised for all workers.

Under the National Response Plan, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is charged with coordinating protections for disaster recovery workers. The agency’s main role is providing employers and commanders with safety advice based on the best data available. Individual employers and agencies are responsible for the actual purchase and distribution of protective equipment and other necessary safety precautions.

OSHA’s formal "activation" by the Federal Emergency Management Agency came fully two weeks after the storm’s passage, trailing even the lagging mobilizations of its partner agencies, even though OSHA officials first offered assistance on August 31.

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Suzanne Mattei, New York City executive of the Sierra Club, said that when federal authorities react to national emergencies, "If there’s a financial reason or a political reason not to protect people, they won’t protect them."

In times of disaster, she said, "They think they can just use up rescue workers like so much tissue paper."

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. This is not an American problem

hell this is far more common than people think

There are days I wonder when the lung cancer will develop, as I have been exposed to some very serious shit, can you say benzene? I knew you cuold... and refinery fires are nasty....

Can you say asbestos? Cave ins are always fun

But hey I was young and indestructible, they are counting on that mentality as well

[Angry Girl]

2. Some herbal and antioxidant prevention might help.....

Google the compounds to read articles about their cancer-fighting (DNA protecting) potential and the protection they give to the lungs and other organs.

N-Acetyl cysteine (NAC)

Curcumin
Rosemary extract
Green tea extract
Silymarin
Bacopa monnieri

Also Rhodiola rosea

For heavy metals, like mercury, main remedies are selenium, cilantro extract, NAC, amla

These can all be purchased at low prices at http://www.beyond-a-century.com particularly if you make your own capsules.

On edit: Link correction