Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

EPA cover-up of toxic air in NYC

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (Through 2005) Donate to DU
 
donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-03 11:46 AM
Original message
EPA cover-up of toxic air in NYC

http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/manhattan/nyc-air0824,0,7364240.story?coll=nyc-topheadlines-span

Reps Push for Federal Inquiry Into EPA Cover-Up

-snip-

Words like "outrage" and "disgrace" pierced the air like the toxic chemicals they were meant to describe, as Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan), Councilman David Yasskey (D-Brooklyn) and others gathered to discuss an EPA report, issued late Friday, that contained the allegations.

-snip-

Nadler said in some ways he was not surprised by the report. When the area surrounding Ground Zero was given a clean bill of health in the weeks after the attacks, Nadler said his office was so skeptical, it arranged for its own assessment.

"The testing showed high levels of toxic contamination in indoor spaces and apartments in lower Manhattan," Nadler said. "We gave this information to the EPA, the EPA hid it and lied about it and continues to this day lying about it apparently at the instructions of George Bush's White House."

-snip-

Then one day, he said, he caught a cold he just couldn't shake. "The doctor finally told me, 'It's not a cold, you have asthma,'" Quinn said. "They don't know if it will ever go away."
-snip-
------------------------------

the last of the article says that since the bloody hands bushgang owns congress probably nothing will be done.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (Through 2005) Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC