Posted by sakerfa on April 19, 2010
(NYDailyNews) – The latest scientifically established facts about the harms suffered by 9/11 rescue and recovery workers scream out for action.
A study of 13,000 firefighters and Emergency Medical Service workers revealed in 2006 that about one-fifth had lost the equivalent of 12 years worth of lung functioning.
Now, a followup in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that the damage appears to be permanent in most of those rescuers.
Meanwhile, lawyers – who have been paid, or expect, huge fees – haggle over suits filed by Ground Zero workers after Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected a proposed settlement.
Meanwhile, New York‘s congressional delegation has to fight tooth and nail to maybe someday get the U.S. to pay fair compensation for injuries suffered in national service. Shameful.
Source: NY Daily News
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