[Mb-civic] Doctors: 9/11 illnesses may not appear for decades

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Thu Sep 9 09:04:39 PDT 2004


Doctors: 9/11 illnesses may not appear for decades

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/09/08/911.workers.ap/index.html

"In this witches' brew of airborne materials found at and near ground zero 
were a number of carcinogens, including asbestos and the ... cancer-causing 
chemicals in tobacco smoke," said Levin.

Two New York Democrats derided the government efforts to date as too little.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, whose district includes the World Trade Center site, 
accused federal agencies of not doing enough to test and clean interior 
spaces in lower Manhattan.

"I believe residents are slowly being poisoned today," Nadler said.


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