09.12.07
The Aftermath of 9/11 Continues
This morning I read a short article regarding the sicknesses believed to be related to the collapse of the WTC buildings. I found it particularly interesting because I had heard little bits and pieces of it, but never seemed to get much more than that. The article reads:
“WASHINGTON – Doctors treating sickened ground zero workers offered Congress a detailed diagnosis Wednesday of the ailments still affecting thousands after the Sept. 11 attacks, from runny noses to laryngitis to lung disease.”
The full article can be viewed here.
Apparently, aside from the obvious emotional trauma that could follow such an evident as the collapse of the WTC buildings, there are actual “physical” reasons behind the ailments that have cropped up and which may crop up in the future. In particular, the pulverized dust from the buildings contained various toxic substances such as mercury from all the computer equipment, depleted uranium from the counterweights of the plane, as well as asbestos used in fireproofing and other structural parts of the buildings which were unavoidably inhaled by all those in the area is a likely cause for many ailments such as lung diseases. Since these substances are often difficult for the body to eliminate, these substances can remain in the body for years. Thus, it may take years for significant illnesses to develop with obvious clinical symptoms. Some were immediately sickened, while others may take a while longer.
Coincidentally, while reading Fatal Deception regarding the asbestos poisoning in Libby, Montana, I found that the fireproofing used in parts of the WTC was Monokote, which contained tremolite from the the Libby mines. Tremolite was the form of asbestos that sickened and killed many of the Libby miners and residents. The WTC buildings are said to have contained tons of it, and could have had more had it not been for people like Dr. Irving Selkoff, who was appalled by the procedures of “spraying” tons of asbestos onto buildings which made the asbestos fibers airborne and thus at breathable levels. He spoke before a Health Conference in 1969 where he discussed the “unchecked snow” in the downtown area of New York. The “snow” he referred to was asbestos fibers from the practice of spraying fiber fireproofing onto buildings during construction. He made special reference to the WTC buildings as it was being constructed during that time in 1969. He believed that there would be 100 tons of fiber airborne in NY from this job. Interestingly, according Michael Bowker, author of Fatal Deception, the H.P. environmental report stated that the WTC towers contained up to 8.5 million square feet of vinyl chrysotile asbestos floor tile. It was also used on the structural steel, in the elevator shafts, on decorative finishes in the lobbies, and possibly in the drywall and foundation concrete. So there was more than just the tons of tremolite (asbestos) from Libby, Montana, but other sources as well.
As tragic as the actual day of September 11, 2001 may be, unfortunately, the death toll did not stop on that day. Instead, many more lives have been sacrificed from that event from the deaths of those from the actual tower collapses, to the subsequent deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq, to the people who so valiantly tried to help at ground zero, and to those who continue to be exposed to all the toxic dust that was released that day. The death toll continues to rise each day. I have no words to describe the incredible sorrow the attacks of 9/11 has caused to so many people and evidently is still inflicting on so many more. We will all be before the Judgment Seat of God one day, and those responsible for 9/11 will pay. Truth and justice will prevail. I am confident in that.
Marlakins
