9/11 health woes reach far beyond New York

[sabra]

http://www.silive.com/newsflash/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-20/1156521541192250.xml&storylist=simetro

9/11 health woes reach far beyond New York
The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Ground zero worker Jimmy Willis' lung problems got so bad in the years after Sept. 11 that he finally left New York, hoping the dry air of Nevada would blow away the after-effects of toxic World Trade Center dust.

But when he moved two years ago, Willis also left behind New York-based medical expertise on the subject of 9/11 related illnesses, joining a diaspora of hundreds of ground zero rescue workers scattered across the United States.

It is a population many health experts, union leaders and politicians say is vulnerable to poor medical treatment because the government has delayed release of guidelines that would help doctors around the country diagnose and treat illnesses linked to the attacks. A standard medical protocol for health care workers is just one element of what a growing chorus of advocates says should be a long-term, national program to test and treat sick workers.

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The New York City Department of Health is crafting the protocols, but there is no set deadline for their release. At the same time, the federal government is promising a Web site to serve as a clearinghouse for 9/11 health information for people around the country.

[lyonn]

1. Feds going to provide a clearinghouse for 9-11 health info?

They gotta be kidding. It would be more of "nothing here to see" hype. We the little people don't need no govt. help with the health hazards that have to be obvious, kinda like their study of the age of this planet, global warming, etc. Science is voodoo, stick to the bible folks. When your time comes to die it is the Lords will.

[Megahurtz]

2. They don't care,

they just want people to die anyway.

[PCIntern]

3. As I watched that cloud on the TV

in my dental office, I remarked to my associate that if I wee in college, I'd go to med school, specialize in pulmonary diseases, and open an office in NYC or Western LI. The time elapsed would be almost exactly that of the delay for thousands of cases of you-name-it to evolve.

Worse than a dirty bomb IMO, b/c the effects are insidious, non-measurable b/c of the low doses of fibers and toxins required to cause extreme pathology, and, basically non-recoverable. My guess is that 15% of those who breathed that stuff in will have some associated serious illness before retirement age.

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[HockeyMom]

4. High profile person getting sick from it

Would Rudy deny it?