Daily Grist: Bush admin failing sick 9/11 responders, and more

[Guest guest]

At 03:21 PM 9/11/06, you wrote:

>Nothing to Fear But Air Itself

>Government fails to tend to the many left sick by the 9/11 attacks

>

>The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, left behind a grim legacy. No, we're not

>talking about the violent imperial fantasies and paranoia that have

>gripped much of the nation, but the lingering ill health of those who

>worked in lower Manhattan to find survivors and clean up the rubble. New

>research shows that 69 percent of workers at Ground Zero developed

>respiratory problems; 59 percent still show symptoms. At a House hearing

>on Friday, lawmakers blasted ex-EPA chief Christie Todd Whitman for

>issuing assurances about air quality in the days following the attacks.

>Those assurances are on public record, but nonetheless Whitman struggled

>to shift the blame to local officials. " I did not have the jurisdiction to

>force workers to wear [respirators], " she said. " That was up to their

>superiors. " Thousands of workers will likely need lifelong care, and a

>number of babies are being born early and underweight in lower Manhattan,

>meaning the need may span generations. For all this, Health and Human

>Services Secretary Michael Leavitt offered New York the princely sum of

>... $75 million. For those of you keeping track, that is less than half

>what the U.S. spends in a single day in Iraq.

 

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[Guest guest]

At 03:21 PM 9/11/06, you wrote:

 

 

>I Found My Thrill on News-Bury Hill

>EPA proposes easing air-pollution rules for oil refineries and other plants

>

>The Bush administration EPA has had some trouble with the whole

>protecting-the-environment thing, but it has mastered one important skill:

>burying news. Latest exhibit: On Friday, just before a weekend that

>everyone knew would be saturated with 9/11 remembrances, the EPA proposed

>easing air-pollution requirements for oil refineries and other industrial

>facilities. The plan would change the rules about when plant operators

>have to install up-to-date pollution controls, making it easier for them

>to avoid the upgrades. The EPA claims to be streamlining the

>pollution-control process, and the oil industry approves, saying the

>change would lead to boosted refining capacity. But enviros say it's just

>another loophole and industry giveaway. " Common sense just tells you that

>if you allow the oil industry and others to find new ways to bypass needs

>for pollution controls, that will mean more pollution, " says Frank

>O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch.

 

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