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400,000 New Yorkers Inhale one of the most Lethal Pollutants -Asbestos.
By J Farrington
What they did not tell you about 9/11!
A Latest study by the U.S. government provides the recent evidence of a systematic cover-up of the health toll from pollution following the 9/11 catastrophe, which doctors dread will cause more deaths than the attacks themselves.
Belfast Telegraph says, The Bush administration witheld evidence of increasing danger and officially announced that the air surrounding the felled buildings was "safe to breathe".
But results of the government study, conducted by a consortium of researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Columbia University, New York University, Johns Hopkins University, The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, show exposure-related increases in new-onset cough, wheeze, shortness of breath, and bronchial hyperreactivity more than two years after the disaster.
Ambient air samples showed that asbestos levels in the WTC area were significantly elevated consequent to the September 11 attacks, but fell to within federal standards after the first few days.
"More research is required to decide whether long-term exposure to asbestos fibers may lead to an increased risk of lung mesothelioma, a rare cancer that has been linked to asbestos exposure," said Landrigan. "Previous studies have shown the tiny chrysotile fibers found in the WTC dust to be the predominant fiber in lung mesothelioma tissue."
It is vital to note that symptoms of mesothelioma may not surface until 30-50 years after exposure to asbestos.
Commonly symptoms of pleural mesothelioma are:
shortness of breath,
pain in the chest
Peritoneal mesothelioma symptoms include:
weight loss,
abdominal pain,
swelling,
bowel obstruction,
blood clotting,
anemia,
fever.
If the cancer has spread beyond the mesothelium to other parts of the body, symptoms may include pain, trouble swallowing, or swelling of the neck or face.
It is extremely important to see a doctor concerning any of these symptoms. Only a doctor can make a diagnosis.
Author: J FARRINGTON
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