RadioNation on AAR is discussing the Contamination at WTC site,

[BrklynLiberal]

the lies that Christie Whitman and the EPA told, and the health issues that the rescuers and those that live and work down there face.

People came to help from all over the country and, thanks to the lack of proper warnings and protection, they took contaminated clothes back home with them to spread the contamination to their friends and family all over the country!!!!

The Sierra Club's SUZANNE MATTEI and World Trade Center emergency workers JOHN FEAL on the first known death from 9/11's toxic smoke

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/attacks_health;_ylt=A86.I2KPWTxEuF0A2wYer7sF;_ylu=X3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM-
9/11 Workers See Hope, Fear in Autopsy

By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writer Thu Apr 20, 9:48 PM ET

NEW YORK - An autopsy linking the death of a police officer to dust at the World Trade Center site was chilling confirmation to many 9/11 rescuers that more than four years later, the disaster is still claiming lives.

"It should open up people's eyes," said former firefighter Kevin Riley, who had to retire with lung problems after rushing to the scene as the twin towers collapsed.

A class-action lawsuit claims there have been dozens of deaths related to the cloud of debris that hung over the ruins. Hundreds of police officers, firefighters and others who labored at ground zero have respiratory illnesses and other chronic disorders they blame on asbestos and other substances. And there are others who are healthy now but fear they will develop cancer or other illnesses down the line.

Federal and city health experts say it could take 20 years to find definite links between the toxic cloud and some diseases or deaths, because most cancers take that long or even longer to develop and decades of statistics are needed to prove a relationship.

Last week, though, an autopsy report was released on 34-year-old police Detective James Zadroga, and it is being cited by his family and union as the first medical proof that people are still dying from the attacks.

Zadroga died in January of what was listed as pulmonary disease and respiratory failure. The autopsy found material "consistent with dust" in Zadroga's lungs, and Gerard Breton, a pathologist at the Ocean County, N.J., medical examiner's office concluded: "It is felt with a reasonable degree of medical certainty that the cause of death in this case was directly related to the 9/11 incident."

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[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Wonder if the shirt has anything to do with it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=990907&mesg_id=990907

[CrazyOrangeCat]

2. Oh well, Lord Chimpenstein . . .

. . . got his photo-op at Ground Zero. That's what matters. :grr:

[RufusEarl]

3. Whta type of contamintion?

[BrklynLiberal]

4. toxic zinc, mercury, antimony, barium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead and

and molybdenum as well as asbestos.

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. All kinds of contamination

Here's the USGS analysis of the WTC dust:





http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/ofr-01-0429/chem1/index.html#Sampling

[whathappened]

6. bet ya 2 nickels

this is why dimson did'nt show up there until the clear sign was given , he did'nt want to breath that shit , well maybe if were lucky well standing with his bull horn on top of all the bodys , he did get some of this shit in his lungs ,

[BrklynLiberal]

7. More information about the pollution at Ground Zero

http://www.sierraclub.org/groundzero/
Air Pollution and Deception at Ground Zero
Why It Could Happen Again

Updated Ground Zero Report Examines Failure of Government to Protect Citizens
Response to Katrina is First Test of National Response Plan

New York, NY: The federal agencies charged with protecting rescue workers and the public against toxic hazards in national emergencies may find their hands tied under the new National Response Plan, according to a report issued by the Sierra Club today.

The Sierra Club released an update of "Pollution and Deception at Ground Zero," its 2004 report on the federal administration's failure to protect the public and rescue workers against toxic pollution from the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center. The new report urges that the government missteps at Ground Zero may be repeated in future disasters. This comes as the National Response Plan examined in the report is being tested for the first time in the Southeast.

"Should Americans feel assured that our federal government will do a better job of protecting health and safety in any future disaster? The answer appears to be no," said Suzanne Mattei, author of the report and Sierra Club's New York City Executive. "Health and safety agencies will not be in the drivers' seat."

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http://www.sierraclub.org/tv/
Episode 1: 9/11 Forgotten Heroes

The terrorist attack on 9/11 was one of our country's most horrific moments, and the damage continues. Told there were no health hazards in the aftermath, the truth shows there was and many first responders are now afflicted and ignored by our government.

John Feal, Marvin Bethea, Jonathan Sferazo and Mike McCormack want justice. Before September 11, 2001, Feal was a jock and robust construction supervisor, Bethea a life-saving paramedic, McCormack was a decorated emergency medic, and Sferazo was proud steelworker. At ground zero all four of these New Yorkers gave everything they had to the search and rescue effort.