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Anthony DePalma reports: "New documents have emerged showing that federal officials in Washington and New York went further than was previously known to downplay concerns about health risks, misrepresenting or concealing information that ultimately might have protected thousands of people from the contaminated air at ground zero."
Rescue workers survey damage to the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, in New York. (photo: Doug Kanter/AFP/Getty Images)
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How about EVERY CITIZEN of this country should get the best health care possible? Not for free, but for a reasonable monthly rate either deducted from their earnings or paid individually. The only reason that a single-payer health care system isn't a reality in America is that those who benefit from the status quo job the system and spread misinformation to keep the masses ignorant. It's time to elect officials willing to work for We The People.
It's remarkable that he could have been hailed as the hero of Ground Zero, especially since he was running the whole show.
The problem was that all he could think to do was exhort all the workers to get the clean-up done ASAP as though no safety precautions were ever required.
All of the thousands of affected workers have him (and others ) to blame for the death sentence they're under.
This is not incompetence , it is an act of warfare against not only the first responders but also against all Americans as we see from the subsequent legislation which the feds have used to try and destroy our God given unalienable rights.
no one would care to defend the citizens, residents, 1st responders- who gives a shit about them? let's just put on a rosy face and defend our position and save enough money so we can keep our jobs.
common sense alone would tell you that the air COULD NOT have been safe, no matter what rigged test results were trotted out as reassurance. how many plastic waste paper baskets were incinerated on that day? that alone would be enough to kill an army!
and while you're at it, eat grain fed meat, subject your breasts to annual radiation, put a microwave power communication device up to your head, keep your cholesterol at artificially low levels and drink fluoridated water. they'll all totally safe, according to the government. please ignore the rise in obesity, cancer and diabetes 2. just an unfortunate coincidence.
the government will always side with the money making corporations. you have to be a revel to survive
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