'Significant Adverse Effects' - WTC toxic dust

[dArKeR]

WEB EXCLUSIVE
By Jennifer Barrett
Newsweek
Updated: 3:56 p.m. ET May 18, 2004

May 18 - John Graham used to joke that his doctor would go bankrupt if he relied on him for income. The longtime carpenter, who was also trained as an emergency medical technician (EMT), was so seldom sick that he can’t recall taking anything stronger than an occasional aspirin for a headache. But that was before the September 11 attacks.

Now Graham carries a bag full of medications around with him each day. He takes 17 different drugs for ailments ranging from asthma to chronic infections, and sees his doctor so often that he’s had to ask the receptionist to call and remind him of upcoming appointments so he can keep track.

Graham, whose office was blocks from the World Trade Center, was able to get down to the Twin Towers so quickly after the first plane struck that he was standing across the street from the north tower when the second plane hit. Because of his unusual combination of medical and carpentry skills, Graham ended up staying at the site for more than nine months helping out, despite his own mounting health problems. His first sought treatment three weeks after the attacks. The initial diagnosis: respiratory problems including asthma, and chemical burns on his esophagus and throat. 

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[louis-t]

1. Remember, the Bush* admin changed the scientific report

about air quality to say there was no danger. Evil bastards.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

2. The administration...

...should be forced to pay for the medical bills, as their failure to prevent the attacks is directly responsible for his health problems.

[Alerter_]

3. Bush lied about the air quality

and wouldn't provide money for respirators for the clean up crew. Bush is responsible for their deaths and disease. It must simply be impossible for them to tell the truth.

[Veggie Meathead]

4. A thorough analysis of the air near ground zero immediately after

9/11 would have also revealed whether explosives were used to bring down the twin towers.The fact that the Bush administration tried to squelch this report and pooh poohed its contents is another in a long line of items we need to keep in mind when thinking about 9/11
and the true perpetrators of this massacre.I even believe that Christie Whitman's resignation as EPA administrator had something to do with her suspicions that 9/11 was an inside job.