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Indeed, they lied about the air quality. n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #1
Damn. Iliyah Sep 2013 #2
Anybody with a minimum of respiratory knowledge knew it was a toxic mix. WCLinolVir Sep 2013 #3
And so the victims are to be blamed for believing the government's official statement? Indi Guy Sep 2013 #9
No and I did not infer that either. When I saw those people there WCLinolVir Sep 2013 #27
A friend of mine, a heavy equipment operator who volunteered a couple months time to help. . . Journeyman Sep 2013 #4
I read somewhere that breathing the air, then, was the equivalent of breathing Drano. Mnemosyne Sep 2013 #5
The Towers were a mess inside Hydra Sep 2013 #7
Do you remember when the media reported that an "organized" crime gang was Mnemosyne Sep 2013 #30
*Shakes head* Hydra Sep 2013 #31
I was ill at the time and had little to do but watch HLN and cartoons. I remember Mnemosyne Sep 2013 #32
I've heard it suggested . . . markpkessinger Sep 2013 #6
I wonder if someday we will read a story about the rise in cancers throughout the Pacific NW, jtuck004 Sep 2013 #8
Bush's EPA head is now a paid nuclear energy shill: Christine Todd Whitman bananas Sep 2013 #10
Well at least she's consistent. WCLinolVir Sep 2013 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author jeff47 Sep 2013 #22
A few days after 9/11 madaboutharry Sep 2013 #11
Not surprised leftynyc Sep 2013 #12
200 ACRES worth of office equipment just in the two towers... AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #16
I have heard . . . Brigid Sep 2013 #13
Don't forget to thank W.R. Grace for their vermiculite asbestos too. AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #14
You can hear Whitman lying KewlKat Sep 2013 #15
You gotta wonder how people like that live with themselves. Doremus Sep 2013 #18
i used to work around shit like that and we had to use all kinds of protection. madrchsod Sep 2013 #17
Also if they made workers on the site all wear elaborate protection what would all the people PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #19
good point! madrchsod Sep 2013 #26
These health problems could have been prevented greatlaurel Sep 2013 #20
+1000. WCLinolVir Sep 2013 #29
Of course they lied - the almighty dollar was at stake. WestSeattle2 Sep 2013 #21
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #23
Remember Michael Moore's 2007 film, "Sicko?" Rhiannon12866 Sep 2013 #24
They're only Americans, if they were Middle Easterners this would be real news Snake Plissken Sep 2013 #25
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