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09.02.11 - 10:44 AM
Toxic Soup Takes Its Toll on 9/11 Firefighters
Unsurprisingly, firefighters who responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks are 19% more likely to develop cancer than their unexposed colleagues, says a new study by New York's Fire Department published in The Lancet. Appallingly, cancer is not on the list of illnessess covered by the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. What the?! Shame, unending, on those in power here.
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Show All"But some cancer experts insist the cancers in 38 extra patients could have been by chance. It's too early to know for sure if 9/11 exposure is the cause."
Just when will it be convenient to acknowledge the link? When they are all dead and can no longer make a claim? These "cancer experts" are they physicians contracted by insurance companies?
The risk to everyone exposed to the dust and debris at ground zero has been known for years as outlined in this NIOSH Publication. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2004-108/
This is a republication of information from the NIOSH website and all of this information has been available for years. When the EPA issued the statement after 911 that there weren't any toxics present, it was obvious that they were flat out lying as evidenced in their own publications. Silicosis is a devastating illness that may not show up for 10 years or longer following exposure to concrete dust.
All Hail The Liars and Thieves!! Oh they are so patriotic with their lapel flag pins made in China! Let no one question that what they do is above the law, and everyone else is under the jack-boot foot of the law! The Insurance Corporations have decreed that being human is a pre-existing condition, and henceforth, people must pay into ever increasing monthly rates, but when you need the corporations to pay, they will DENY DENY DENY. THESE ARE THE REAL DEATH PANELS, and INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL THE INCREASING COSTS OF HEALTHCARE IN THE USA. These are not patriots - they are leeches, vampires and ghouls, oh my!
Nice summation!!
The air is safe to breathe; the air is safe to breathe; the air is safe to breathe. How many more Americans will get sick because of this extraordinary, evil statement by the EPA in order to keep Wall Street in business?
More than 800 rescue workers have since died from breathing the carcinogenic dust at Ground Zero on and after 9/11. On September 16, 2001, the EPA said ambient air quality around Ground Zero met OSHA standards and was “not a cause for public concern.” But investigative reporting by the New York Daily News revealed that crucial information had been withheld from the public: “dioxins, PCBs, benzene, lead, and chromium [were] among the toxic substances detected…sometimes at levels far exceeding federal levels.”
When will there be a criminal inquiry into the EPA officials who said the air at Ground Zero was safe to breathe, knowing it was a lie?
"When will there be a criminal inquiry into the EPA officials who said the air at Ground Zero was safe to breathe, knowing it was a lie?"
About the same time that a real investigation is allowed of 911.
This kleptocratic Autocracy that runs us is never going to do, or permit, anything that will interfere with profits or restrict their actions.
About the same time that a real investigation is allowed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoAa_B2kRuo&feature=player_embedded
I think the situation was pretty well summed up by 9/11 hero and truth activist William Rodriguez:
"They are waiting for us all to die."
With Social Medicine, these firefighters wouldn't need any special legislation to "cover" their "medical expenses".
Just sayin'.
That is wrong!!! I couldn't agree with you anymore!
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air that you can see is rarely "safe".
Why is it that nobody ever criticizes the callous disregard of the US politicians who knowingly kept these people 'working' in conditions that endangered themselves? These politicians prolonged the cleanup way beyond what was necessary as they made the site into sort of a national shrine of victimhood.
Our country thinks that all the world should all now bow down to the 3,000+ US dead forever and then a day. Meanwhile our government's policies kill millions of people around the globe, the people now starving to death in Somalia just one latest example of that.
What a self absorbed society our corporate rulers have changed most of us into! Cheap and tawdry copies of themselves. Cheesy US flag wavers. Rah! Rah! Rah!
Commercial airliners and large military aircraft have large, very heavy counter weights in the tail section which is made with DU in older model commercial aircraft... The two 757s that were ramed into the Twin Towers were older model aircraft. I cannot say with certainty the counter weights were DU but it is possible, even very likely they were.
When DU burns it releases deadly isotopes of radioactive poison which can be deadly if they are (inhaled), Inhaling DU can cause cancers to develop anywhere in the body,.. Paper or cloth masks will not filter microscopic isotopes of DU.
The two aircraft burned at very high temperatures, there were many tons of magnesium in those two aircraft which burns at temps of over 3,000 degrees F, hot enough to melt steel... That is something the 9-11 investigation panel members ignored or were unaware of. Burning magmesium can only be extinguished by smothering, water on burning magnesium causes it to explode.
The mass of tons of molten magnesium and DU were still burning when the aircraft dropped to the basements as the buildings collapsed. The molten magnesium would have burned for at least 24 houus. In the basements were an estimated 7,000 parked vehicles, thousands of gallons of gsoline and at least 28,000 wheels and tires and during those years magnesium wheels were very popular on automobiles, In any case the tires would have burned for days releasing toxic fumes.
There were many different very toxic chemical fumes released from those fires, very possibly including DU... It should not be surprising that the firemen, police officers and othe rescue workers are dead, dying or are very ill with a variety of medical maladies. Hardly any were equipped with oxygen tanks and proper masks, simular to scuba diving equipment.
There was a great deal of silver and gold in vaults in the Twin Tower disaster. Rescue operatons continued until the gold and silver were (rescued), then all rescuers were pulled out until the last fires burned out.
It is always important to establish priorities. The gold was more importan than the firemen's lives... Sad huh?
Look how long it took Vietnam Vets to prove AGENT ORANGE poisoned them...
The Vietnamese aren't even going to get anything...
The AmeriKKKan politicians only care about how much money is in their bank accounts...
Speaking of our vets, here is another example of stupidity and criminal intent with government decisions about poisonous toxins.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8079732
Quotes from the article>>> (“Because of potential health hazards, such as cancer, respiratory problems, skin lesions and infections, burning waste as a means of disposal has been curtailed in the United States.
However, on military bases (including Balad Air Force Base in Iraq and Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan) highly toxic chemicals, plastic bottles, paints, and unexploded ordnance, were routinely burned in open pits. As a result, many members of the military, who lived or worked on or near those and other bases are developing serious health problems because they were exposed to toxic smoke.”)>> Unquote
They are also burning vehicles which were destroyed wth DU ammunition... Wheee,,, Stupid, stupid, stupid!!!
For the most credible, short, video of the 9/11 ruse, this is the one to share.
After sending this out, we have had several of our right wing friends who wanted to know more.
http://youtu.be/hZEvA8BCoBw
The 9-11 ruse? __ What ruse? __ 757 airliners loaded with fuel, travelling at speeds of near 500 mph, rammed into each of the buildings... The buildings collapsed due to the hour long+ fires produced, with temps over 3,000 degrees F from burning tons of aluminum and magnesium in the central portion of the buildings, where the buildings main steel support beams were located.... Where is the "ruse"?
I have read crazy stories that the airliners which rammed into the buildings were remotely piloted "dones", loaded with high explosives, etc... There is the "ruse.".