This is why NYC doesn't want to pay out! You won't see this story on ABC news,
EPA Report: White House Lied to New Yorkers About Health Hazards Near Ground Zero
An EPA report reveals that White House staff ordered the EPA to minimize health dangers after 911 and Daily News reporter Juan Gonzalez reveals that the man responsible was previously an industry lawyer who represented major asbestos and toxic polluters.
An Environmental Protection Agency report released Friday reveals that the National Security Council pressured EPA officials to downplay the health hazards caused by the collapse of the World Trade Center.
The public was lied to about the extensive presence of asbestos from the two buildings, toxic dioxins floating in the downtown air, and increased amounts of lead found in the atmosphere. The report reveals the trail of public misinformation began in the White House.
For example, one statement from the initial draft revealed that asbestos levels in some areas were three times higher than national standards. This was changed to say “slightly above the 1 percent trigger for defining asbestos material.”
In another case, despite warnings by EPA scientists, a sentence was added to a Sept. 16 news release concluding “Our tests show that it is safe for New Yorkers to go back to work in New York’s financial district.”
And a statement which raised concerns about “sensitive populations” such as asthma patients, the elderly and people with underlying respiratory diseases was deleted.
In today’s Daily News Juan Gonzalez reveals that the man in charge of the Council on Environmental Quality is James Connaughton. Before his appointment by President Bush Connaughton was an industry lawyer who represented major asbestos and toxic polluters
To see the whole interview click,
http://www.democracynow.org/2003/8/2..._house_lied_to
All of these people deserve treatment and in most cases compensation. Most of them are firefighters, police officers, volunteers and clean-up workers. NYC should be ashamed of itself for trying to abandon it's responsibilities to it's citizens.