Labor & Economic News Blog

Monday, September 11, 2006

Now death comes to the men who cleaned up Ground Zero after 9/11

Now death comes to the men who cleaned up Ground Zero after 9/11
Source: Guardian
After years of denial by the authorities that mysterious deaths and illnesses cropping up among workers were linked to Ground Zero, the first solid evidence emerged in January. When New York Police Officer James Zadroga, 34, died of 'black lung disease' the coroner said his illness was caused by the toxins of Ground Zero. Other deaths began to be similarly attributed - a trickle of another three or four so far, but the trickle is likely to become a flood.

 



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