:: rawblogXport ::
union news / workers rights / construction / safety / irony...
 |
|
| carpentersunionbc.com | |
|---|---|
| google news | |
recent posts: | |
| BlogRolling: | |
blogs that link here  
    
  implementation: email d@ve2300 this weblog is the work of dave livingston, a union carpenter in nelson bc canada 
| |
|
| |
| |
FAIR USE NOTICE: This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of labor and economic issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 Chapter 1 Sec.107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. | |
 | |
|
"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez | |
:: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 ::
Ground Zero Workers File Billion-Dollar Health Lawsuit By E.J. Mundell, HealthCentral.com
Toxicologist William R. Sawyer, working on behalf of the plaintiffs, conducted assessments of contaminant levels in numerous WTC rescue and clean-up workers.
He described Ground Zero in the weeks after the attacks as 'a giant toxic waste site containing all of the necessary ingredients that, when heated, or 'pyrolized,' made a smoldering, 100-foot-plus pile of toxic material which generated unprecedented concentrations of carcinogens.'
Contained in this 'toxic waste pile,' according to Sawyer and Worby, were:
* 200,000 pounds of lead from the estimated 50,000 personal computers in thousands of World Trade Center offices
* mercury contained in the towers' more than half a million fluorescent lights
* dioxin from oil and fuel
* 2,000 tons of asbestos
* benzene from more than 91,000 liters of burned jet fuel
* cadmium, PCBs, and up to 2 million pounds of toxins known as polycystic aromatic hydrocarbons.
All of these contaminants have strong links to pulmonary, skin or immune system ailments, as well as cancer, Sawyer said. He predicted that long-term cancer rates among clean-up workers could rise to five to seven times the norm during the coming decades.------------------------------------------- posted 7:14 AM :: reference link ::
0 comments ::
Comments:
Post a Comment
