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 [...]
NYPD hero Kevin Czartoryski, stricken by 9/11-related lung disease, dies at 46
Retired Detective Kevin Czartoryski, who helped improve relations between the NYPD and the gay community, died Sunday following a battle with lung disease. He was 46. Czartoryski, who retired in 2009 on a 9/11 medical disability, died at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell in Manhattan. No cause of death has been determined, but Czartoryski suffered [...]
Manny Badillo, 9/11 Family Member “Informs” DHS Janet Napolitano of WTC7 on 09/11/2010
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9/11 rescue workers have until Monday to accept $800 million settlement
Raw Story.com Thousands of rescue workers sickened after the September 11 attacks in New York have until the end of Monday to accept a settlement that could near 800 million dollars. A settlement on Friday saw a subgroup of workers compensated 28 million dollars for exposure to debris removed and transferred from Ground Zero to [...]
House Passes 9/11 Health Care Bill
Raymond Hernandez | Cityroom.blogs.NYTimes.com The House on Wednesday approved legislation to provide billions of dollars for medical treatment to rescue workers and residents of New York City who suffered illnesses from breathing in toxic fumes, dust and smoke at ground zero. The vote was 268 to 160, with 17 Republicans joining Democrats in support of [...]
“Our Lives Post 9/11″ — A Four Day 9/11 Truth Conference and Charity Event in New York City
WeAreChange.org Former C.I.A., F.B.I., members of the House and Senate, a State Governor, Parliament Member, and others converge; with the people, with you, to discuss the fallacies of the official 9/11 report, and the post 9/11 world. This year in NYC, whistle blowers from all levels of government agencies, politicians, filmmakers, activists & journalists will unite [...]
9/11 Health Bill; John Stewart gives up
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Where’s the Rest of the 9/11 Money, Reps. Ask OMB
Michael McAuliff | NYDailyNews.com President Obama’s budget office has withheld the money required to finish a pair of 9/11 studies on the health of people who responded to the terror attacks, the Daily News has learned. The money was expected to be part of a funding package released last week by the Office of [...]
Many WTC responders show early signs of heart woes
MARILYNN MARCHIONE | AP|Yahoo.com Law enforcement officers who worked near ground zero after the World Trade Center attacks seem to show early signs of heart problems at a higher rate than would be expected for their age, a new study suggests. Nearly half of about 1,200 law enforcement workers who went to Mount Sinai Medical [...]
A glance at 9/11 workers suing over their health
AP | WashingtonPost.com – Here is a look at the 30 plaintiffs being considered for the first trials among the thousands who claim work at ground zero made them sick. JOBS: 12 worked for the New York Police Department, eight for the Fire Department, three for Con Edison, two for the Port Authority police, one [...]
Angry 9/11 responders: President Obama offers sympathy, but no support
Michael McAuliff | NYDailyNews.com Angry Sept. 11 responders say President Obama has offered sympathy but no support for their appeal to champion their cause in Congress. A group of 9/11 widows and rescue workers recently wrote Obama, asking his help to pass a bill that would fund care for ailing responders over the next 30 [...]
Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup, full trailer
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Ground Zero first responder John McNamara, also aided Hurricane Katrina victims, dies of cancer
An FDNY veteran who worked tirelessly at Ground Zero and pushed for better health benefits for first responders died Sunday after a battle with cancer. John McNamara, 44, spent 10 years with the FDNY and was diagnosed with colon cancer in the aftermath of his time at Ground Zero. McNamara spent about 500 hours looking [...]
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 [...]
House Passes $70 Million for 9/11 Health Care
R8NY.com Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Michael McMahon (D-NY) today applauded the House passage of $70,723,000 in funding for the World Trade Center Health Programs for Fiscal Year 2010. The funding was included in the FY2010 Labor and Health and Human Services Appropriations Bill, which passed the House today. The lawmakers, along [...]
9/11 heroes may get health care cuts while hospital fights government
Stephanie Gaskell | NYPost.com Nearly 2,000 sick 9/11 first responders could be left without medical care while a New Jersey hospital battles with the federal government for more money, the Daily News has learned. The Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences Institute at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in ., says it expects to run [...]
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. [...]
