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SkyIsGrey Donating Member (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 06:54 PM
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Well it looks like the Gray Lady....
has finally become the old Gray Mare. Though I am most likely been redundant with that statement.

Accuracy of 9/11 Health Reports Is Questioned

Much of what is known about the health problems of ground zero workers comes from a small clinic in Manhattan that at the time of the trade center collapse had only six full-time doctors and a tiny budget.

Even now, there is debate about how harmful the dust was, and whether it could cause cancer or debilitating chronic diseases, although there is emerging medical consensus that workers who arrived at ground zero early and stayed longest were at greatest risk of getting sick. Medical studies by the Fire Department, and most recently by the city health department, show that the dust has caused diseases like asthma and sarcoidosis (a lung-scarring disease) in a small percentage of rescue workers.


Rest Here


The 9/11 Cover-Up
Thousands of Manhattan residents were endangered by WTC debris—and government malfeasance.


In the aftermath of the first explosion, the air over Lower Manhattan transformed instantly.

“The sky was glittering with glass,” says Nina L., a Tribeca resident who asked not to be further identified. She ran to her window and saw a shower of flaming jet fuel cascading from one of the towers.

“This can’t be a good thing to have my windows open,” she immediately thought to herself.



Up to 70 percent of first responders are ill as a result of 9/11 contamination. If a similar rate of illness holds true for those who lived and worked near the Twin Towers, the number of seriously ill New Yorkers could climb to 300,000 in the near future. About 70,000 New Yorkers so far have listed themselves with the World Trade Center Health Registry, a database that tracks the health impact of the 9/11 attacks. The registry has been criticized for excluding large numbers of those potentially sickened outside a designated one-square-mile area. Despite the insistent denials of city and federal officials, tens of thousands of New Yorkers were unnecessarily exposed to a chemical brew without even the most rudimentary precautions. Today New York City is still mired in a fog of cover-ups and half-truths regarding its environmental welfare.


From Discover Magazine




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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-09-07 09:55 AM
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1. Lot of Recs, no kicks, so here's a KICK
When will someone file charges? It seems that that is the next step.
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SkyIsGrey Donating Member (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-09-07 11:27 AM
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2. Well with the way things are currently going.
Probably not until after 12:00 p.m. January 20, 2009.
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