9/11 Autopsy Guidelines Plan Abandoned

[DoYouEverWonder]

November 18, 2006

NEW YORK -- An effort to create standard autopsy guidelines that could document a link between toxic air at ground zero and deaths of 9/11 rescue workers has been abandoned by the federal government amid concerns the information collected could be misinterpreted.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, in a note posted Friday on its Web site, said the agency "instead will pursue other avenues for documenting long-term health effects from exposure to air contaminants from the World Trade Center disaster."

Outside medical experts who reviewed the plan suggested focusing on monitoring epidemiological patterns of disease in those exposed.

In a Sept. 15 draft, the institute proposed examining specific sections of the lungs and creating a "tissue bank" to preserve certain organs and bodily fluids for later testing.

The institute said reviewers had raised several questions, including concerns that "the draft document could be misinterpreted or misapplied, hindering rather than furthering progress in addressing WTC health concerns."

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-sept-11-autopsies,0,358045.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

What a mess.

[BadGimp]

1. they are concerned?

"concerns the information collected could be misinterpreted."

Me thinks they are concerned the information will be properly interpreted, and that's what they want to avoid.

[Flabbergasted]

2. Yep. Ya hit that nail

[dailykoff]

3. Exactly.

"other avenues" = bury it forever.

[G Hawes]

6. Right - "bury it forever" by publishing it in the media....

duh.

[dailykoff]

7. Publishing what?

[Nozebro]

4. I didn't think this is something that can be talked about in public.

Yes, I know it involves our own government - but still. In public?

[petgoat]

10. Right, that's gummint business. And gummint business is none of

our business. Get back to work.

[Mnemosyne]

5. "consistent with dust" Whitman is beyond reprehensible.

"The guidelines were intended to be used nationwide in cases such as the death of New York City police detective James Zadroga, who died last January. Zadroga spent 470 hours working amid the toxic fumes, and fell ill within weeks.

An autopsy found the 34-year-old detective died as a result of ground zero exposure, finding that there was material "consistent with dust" found in his lungs."

These victims will never be counted among the dead from 9/11.:banghead:

[enlightenment]

8. They shouldn't be counted among the dead from 9/11.

That would let our government off the hook -- to say that they are victims of 9/11 suggests that their deaths are the fault of the people who flew the planes into the buildings.

Sure, you can always find prior cause, and argue that the genesis of the entire situation is years, decades, even centuries old. It's true, of course, and in attempting to find some way of resolving the larger issues we face looking backward is important. But these people's deaths should be placed on the doorstep of those who put them into the situation. Their deaths resulted from gross failures by our government, on the city, state, and federal level, to adequately prepare and protect the people who were tasked with dealing with the aftermath of what happened on 9/11.

[Mnemosyne]

11. I agree completely. I had not considered that. Thanks for the

enlightenment, enlightenment. :hi: Excellent points. As I stated before, Whitman is reprehensible.

[mirandapriestly]

9. Misinterpret = figure out something is not right

for the few left who still believe the nonsensical myth.