January 24th, 2007

Amidst the coninuing controversy over health problems that are said to have stemmed from the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, the publication of a study carried out as part of a huge monitoring program has confirmed that there is a definite link between the work at Ground Zero and chronic respiratory illnesses.

Many people have expressed concern over the air quality in the area following the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, with thick clouds of dust filling the air as the twin towers tumbled down. Even the EPA is carrying out more detailed testing. Doctors have reported a rise in respiratory complaints in the area, and a number of people that worked at Ground Zero have died from various related diseases.

One man whose wife died from mesothelioma – asbestos related cancer - at the age of 41 following exposure to toxic dust at the Ground Zero site stated: “My wife got killed on Sept. 11 and she didn’t die until March 15, 2006. She got killed and didn’t know it.”

The deceased woman’s doctor confirmed that the work at Ground Zero would have been the only time at which the woman would have been exposed to asbestos. He stated: “It is reasonable to state that her exposure at Ground Zero was the cause of her cancer. Why do you have such a disproportionate number of people developing cancer at an earlier age? The only thing these people have in common is that they were in southern Manhattan on September 11, 2001. Now argue that.”