Whistleblower Petitions for Expanded First-Responder Protection – NYTimes.com
Whistleblower Petitions for Expanded First-Responder Protection – NYTimes.com. A former U.S. EPA scientist and longtime agency whistleblower today filed a petition calling for strengthened federal corrosivity standards to protect first responders like those who were exposed to dangerous dust particles after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Cate Jenkins argues that EPA has operated under [...]
World Trade Center Health Effects: Finding the Links
Dana Farrington | GothamGazette.com Impatience was contagious in City Hall today as three City Council committees heard from concerned parties about the World Trade Center Medical Working Group’s second annualreport, released in September. Of particular concern was a bill, currently stalled in the U.S. Senate health committee, which would provide long-term medical care for those affected by the [...]
Dust exposure after 9/11 linked to high asthma rates
Karen Pallarito | CNN.com About 1 in 7, or 13.5 percent of adults who encountered intense dust clouds after the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11 were later found to have asthma, compared with just 8.4 percent who had no dust cloud exposure, researchers in Atlanta and New York City reported on [...]
It’s too late: GOP tells 9/11′s sick that it’s been too long since the attack for compensation
Michael McAuliff | NYDailyNews.com Two busloads of Sept. 11 workers made what’s become an annual pilgrimage to Washington Tuesday, pleading for Congress to help the thousands of rescuers and responders left to battle 9/11-induced illness on their own. About 80 former rescue workers and family appealed at a hearing for lawmakers to reopen the Sept. [...]
Naomi Wolf gives nod to Firefighters for 9/11 Truth
Thanks to We Are Change L.A. and thanks to all of you that made it out to Town Hall a few weeks ago.Firefightersfor911truth.org
First Responders to Visit W.Va. School
West Virginia Department of Education John Feal, founding president of the FealGood Foundation and a demolition expert who worked at Ground Zero following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, will bring his message to Upshur County students and residents on Friday, Oct. 24. Feal and up to seven other first responders will meet with students [...]
Nader Calls For New 9/11 Investigation
InfoWars.net Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader pledged support for a new investigation into the events of 9/11 Monday, commenting that the 9/11 Commission was “flawed, right from the get go”. Nader was questioned by members of We Are Change Ohio at a campaign rally in Cincinnati, Ohio earlier this week. Asked if he supported the [...]
RESPOND – A Video for First Responders
http://www.departure-productions.com/respond/Donte at the Feal Good Foundation to help First Responders.Respond is a short, 7 minute compilation which depicts the health effects of the toxic dust from the World Trade Center collapse on 9/11 first responders. These heroes volunteered their time after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, and are now paying the ultimate price.Please feel free [...]
Kevin R. Ryan, James R. Gourley, and Steven E. Jones – Published in “The Environmentalist”
Received: 17 February 2008 Accepted: 14 July 2008 Published online: 4 August 2008 Abstract Investigators monitoring air quality at the World Trade Center, after the September 11th attacks, found extremely high levels of volatile organic chemicals as well as unusual species that had never been seen before in structure fires. Data collected by the U.S. [...]
Court Clears Way for 9/11 Illness Lawsuit
JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN | STAFF REPORTER OF THE NEW YORK SUN A federal appeals court has refused to give New York City immunity from the lawsuits of thousands of city workers and construction laborers who say they now suffer from respiratory illnesses after they helped clean up ground zero in the aftermath of the September 11, [...]
Loose Change Final Cut – Now Available
It’s been out for a few days now. Putting prior versions to rest, Final Cut is definitive proving beyond a resonable doubt the official story can not be true. Demand a new investigation Official Site. The Evidence
NYC rejects listing worker as 9/11 death
By AMY WESTFELDT, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK – He became the face of post-Sept. 11 illness after his death in early 2006, galvanizing lawmakers and health care advocates to lobby for research and treatment for thousands who said the debris-filled air at ground zero made them sick. James Zadroga, the 34-year-old retired police detective [...]
Giuliani Lies About Suppressed EPA Reports
Aaron Dykes / JonesReport.com October 2, 2007 KIRKLAND, Washington – Responding to questions from local activists during a recent campaign stop, Rudy Giuliani made a strange claim that air quality reports concerning Ground Zero were “open” and “public” despite a recent publicized controversy over the suppressed and intentionally misleading reports released in the aftermath of [...]
