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Asbestos, Minerals, and United States
Policy (5/21/07)
An April 19, 2007 decision
by the U.S. Court of Appeals (Lombardi v. Whitman) provides
stunning insight into the aftermath of the 9/11 attack. Five
years after rushing to assist Twin Tower victims, first
responders and cleanup workers are dying. The injured
participated in search, rescue, and clean-up work at the site
with no equipment to protect their lungs. In court documents,
the plaintiffs alleged the U.S. Government issued reassuring and
knowingly deceptive and misleading statements that the ambient
air they inhaled presented no health risks to the public.
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Years After Attacks, Sept. 11 Deaths On
The Rise (1/30/07)
Deborah Reeve got a cold, a cough and a fever
that wouldn't go away. It was more than two years after she had
left recovery efforts at Ground Zero.
A month later, the nonsmoker was diagnosed
with mesothelioma, an asbestos-related cancer. By last spring,
the 41-year-old mother of two was dead.
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Health Effects of White Asbestos
(2/22/06)
When the towers of the World Trade Center (WTC)
in New York collapsed in September 2001, they released a cloud of
hazardous material that included 2000 tons of asbestos.
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The Cruel Saga of Asbestos Disease
(2/21/05)
The fall of the World Trade Center on Sept.
11, 2001, resulted in a vast toxic cloud that contained a whole
range of pollutants, including hundreds of tons of asbestos
insulation and thousands of tons of asbestos-containing floor tiles.
When the EPA proposed to alert the citizens of Lower Manhattan to
the obvious health hazard, it was overruled by the White House
Council on Environmental Quality, which apparently wished to avoid
any action that might impede the reopening of Wall Street.
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9/11 Sick & Injured Seek Help from President & Congress - Describe Toll of Ongoing Health & Financial Struggles
(2/1/05)
Today (Feb. 1, 2005) at Penn
Station, before a trip to Washington, D.C. to speak directly to
members of Congress and for several, to attend the President's
State of the Union address, a coalition of Ground Zero first
responders, area residents, medical experts, and public
officials urged Washington leaders to improve the federal
response to the lasting and significant health impacts of 9/11.
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Ground Zero: The Most Dangerous Workplace
Ecological Impact of 9/11
Part One of a Three-Part Series
(1/24/05)
After EPA failed to warn the estimated 40,000 rescue and recovery
workers who responded to the WTC tragedy on or after 9/11, thousands have
fallen ill and hundreds encounter resistance to health care and
compensation claims.
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9/11 Memo Reveals Asbestos ‘Cover-Up’
(6/16/04)
An Environmental Protection Agency memo claims
city and federal officials concealed data that showed lower
Manhattan air was clouded with asbestos after the World Trade
Center collapse.
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