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A National Disgrace: Neglect of Ground Zero Workers is a Scandal and a Shame

April 19, 2010

source: NY Daily April 19, 2010

The latest scientifically established facts about the harms suffered by 9/11 rescue and recovery workers scream out for action.

A study of 13,000 firefighters and Emergency Medical Service workers revealed in 2006 that about one-fifth had lost the equivalent of 12 years worth of lung functioning.

Now, a followup in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that the damage appears to be permanent in most of those rescuers.

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Judge Kept “In Dark” About 9/11 First Responder Talks

April 14, 2010

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by Alison Gendar source: New York Daily April 14, 2010

The judge who scuttled a controversial deal for sick Ground Zero workers chided the lawyers Monday for not keeping him in the loop about new negotiations.

“I don’t know what’s going on,” Manhattan Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein complained during a hearing. “I’m in the dark.”

Hellerstein last month scuttled a proposed agreement saying it gave too much to the lawyers and too little to rescue and cleanup workers sickened by toxins after 9/11.

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Study: 9/11-Related Lung Damage Long Lasting

April 7, 2010

By David B. Caruso source: AP April 7, 2010

Most of the New York City firefighters and medics whose lungs were damaged by pulverized masonry and glass from the World Trade Center attacks are not improving as time goes by, according to a new study.

The results are based on breathing tests from nearly 11,000 firefighters who were at ground zero in first two weeks when the dust cloud was thickest. Of the firefighters who didn’t smoke, 13 percent were still scoring below normal up to seven years later, the study found.

That number was down from 18 percent who initially tested below normal after the attacks, according to researchers at the New York City Fire Department and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

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Time To Rescue Our 9/11 Heroes Ill From Ground Zero Cleanup

September 10, 2009

“I knew right away they’d need ironworkers to cut through those collapsed beams,” he recalled.

Picurro joined thousands of hardhats who showed up at Ground Zero that first night. They helped retrieve bodies, battle flames and clear debris.

Along with the cops, firefighters and other emergency responders, they were lauded as heroes then. Their selfless actions gave us solace and hope amid all that grief.

They did not know then about the toxic soup of chemicals in the dust and in the air. Federal and city health officials downplayed any danger at the time. They even dared tell the public the air was safe to breathe.

Now, Joe Picurro, 42, is dying. His family is destitute and his faith in our country’s leaders has been shattered.

The list of ailments ravaging his body is stunning.

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A National Disgrace: Neglect of Ground Zero Workers is a Scandal and a Shame

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