Sunday, September 9, 2007  Toxins on the WTC Pile - Did Rudy
Call OSHA?  It is possible that more people were injured by work
on the World Trade Center disaster pile, than in the attacks
themselves, all because of toxic dust they inhaled. The
pulverized building materials, including asbestos, PCBs,
concrete dust and a great "soup" of other materials floated in
the air where people worked. Thousands working on that pile
inhaled these toxins, and pay for it now, years later; some have
already died. Thousands of workers and volunteers entered the
clouds of toxic dust without respirators, dust masks or other
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) of any kind. Others got by
with inadequate protection and suffered damaging toxic exposure
as well. Why weren't we smarter about conditions on the pile,
when we are the nation with the most sophisticated understanding
of worker safety and protection?  On CBS 60 minutes, blame was
discussed, as regards the EPA, and Christine Todd Whitman who
was EPA director at the time. If