Beirut & New York City & the Toxic Fog of War !

galway | environment | other press Monday September 11, 2006 01:19 by Dunlo Tom - Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign

EPA administrator Christine Whitman"Everything we've tested for, which includes asbestos, lead, and volatile organic compounds, have been below any level of concern for the general public health."

In the Lebanon, more people are expected to die from the effects of the toxic cloud released by Israel's deliberate bombings of the Jiyyeh power station on the 13th and 15th July than the 1,300 who died during the course of the vicious blitzkrieg.

In the US, a major new study of 9/11 health effects finds that nearly seven out of every ten helpers at Ground Zero suffer from chronic lung ailments - for the past five years, true to form, city, US state and federal officials have downplayed the health dangers of the toxic dust that was released when the World Trade Center collapsed.