Tag: toxic dust
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whitman: giuliani more image than safety
from wnbc: Former Secretary of the Environmental Protection Agency Christine Todd Whitman said Thursday that the Giuliani administration appeared to be more concerned with its image than the safety and speedy response of EPA employees in the wake of the 2001 anthrax scare. Her comments came in an interview with WNBC.com’s Brian Thompson at her…
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9/11 veteran found murdered in scottsdale
from arizona republic: A 43-year-old man found dead in a Scottsdale apartment last week was a New York City firefighter who survived 9/11. Salvatore J. Princiotta, 43, was found dead May 14 in his condo… A death notice published in Newsday on May 18 said Princiotta died “as a result of post 9/11 lung complications.”…
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news on the march
macho mistakes at ground zerofrom new york times: As more and more workers who inhaled the dust at ground zero fall ill, it has become increasingly clear that much of the problem can be traced to the Giuliani administration’s failure to insist that all emergency personnel and construction workers at the site wear respirators… uk…
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resignations & refusals
update: wolfowitz to resign from world bank on june 30thfrom raw story: The Executive Directors of the World Bank today released a statement announcing that embattled World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz would resign at the end of the fiscal year, June 30th. According the the statement, the decision to resign was made by Wolfowitz… from…
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hillary to chair 9/11 probe committee
from raw story: Sen. Hillary Clinton announced today that, along with a New York Congressman, she will chair a probe looking into the federal government’s response and environmental clean-up efforts in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. “We need to examine what went wrong and assess whether the federal government is better prepared…
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nytimes: giuliani a ‘benevolent dictator’
from raw story: A story in [monday’s] New York Times is highly critical of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s handling of the recovery operation in New York City following 9/11, claiming that his desire to downplay problems and return the city to a semblance of normality as quickly as possible has led to serious health problems for…
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9/11 first responders on ‘the view’
thanks to loud studios & democratic underground for posting up this important segment from ‘the view’… go rosie!
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epa unaccountable for lies about 9/11 air
from newsday: An appeals court ruling could spell trouble for New Yorkers suing the Environmental Protection Agency and its former chief for saying that sooty lower Manhattan air was safe to breathe after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has declared that then-EPA Administrator Christine…
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9/11 responders divided over ‘sicko’
from ledger-enquirer: Controversial filmmaker Michael Moore’s new movie examining the American health system is getting both jeers and cheers for taking ailing 9/11 responders to Cuba for treatment. The Academy Award-winning documentarian isn’t scheduled to release his film “Sicko” until next month’s Cannes Film Festival, but the flick is already causing a firestorm. Jeff Endean,…
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9/11 police hero dies awaiting lung transplant
from raw story: A retired New York police officer, who was recognized as a hero for his service in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, has passed away while awaiting a lung transplant. Ceasar Borja, Sr., who was known for pulling 16 hour shifts in the vicinity of the…
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no money to treat 9/11 workers, $3 billion a week to fight Iraq?
from jerry mazza: Is this a new 9/11 conspiracy The New York Times is reporting? That “roughly $40 million that was set aside by the federal government to treat rescue workers, volunteers and firefighters who became ill after helping with the 9/11 cleanup and recovery will run out in months, physicians and federal officials said…
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PBS: 60% of ground zero workers sick
from you tube: November 21, 2006 – PBS News reports 60% or more of Twin Towers ground zero workers are suffering from respitory illness and New York City and the feds are dragging their feet on getting them health care.