New cancer concerns for 9/11 responders
(New York - WABC, May 31, 2007) - There are new health concerns surrounding 9/11 responders.
Doctors say the responders are getting blood cancers at unusually young ages, and they blame toxins at ground zero.
Eyewitness News reporter Joe Torres is in Lower Manhattan with the story.
Doctors diagnosed 42-year-old former NYPD detective Ernie Vallebuona with non-Hodgkins Lymphoma in October of 2004. Forty two-year-old John Walcott, also a former city detective, learned he had leukemia in May of 2003.
"Maybe if someone took us serious four years ago, more people would've been tested. We wouldn't be talking about autopsies, this and that. More people would've gotten tested," Walcott said.
"I've been on a crazy ride ever since ... chemotherapy, radiation, stem-cell transfer, all types of treatment. It's been tough," Vallebuona said.
According to researchers, more and more relatively young 9/11 first responders now show signs of cancer -- cancer conditions seemingly triggered by their exposure to a wide range of chemicals and carcinogens at ground zero.
"We know we have a handful of cases of multiple myloma in very young individuals and multiple myloma is a condition that almost always presents later in life," said Dr. Robin Herbert of Mt. Sinai Medical Center.
Attorney David Worby, who represents thousands of 9/11 workers, says he warned federal and city officials of these health problems years ago. Now he says it's time for government leaders to do the right thing.
"There are a series of tests that people with a significant exposure need to have. That's got to come from the federal government and the city," Worby said.
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Thank you for sharing this information. It is frightening that we are already seeing cancers develop in those exposed to the toxins surrounding 911. Most carcinogens have a latency period of fifteen to twenty years before their damage becomes apparent. We may just be seeing the tip of a large iceberg, and should be prepared to offer those who put their lives in danger for the rest of us, support, for a long time.
Lynne Eldridge M.D.
Author, "Avoiding Cancer One Day At A Time"
http://www.avoidcancernow.com
Thank you for stopping by. I have posted numerous articles on the subject. A sampling may be found here:
http://weazlsrevenge.blogspot.com/2007/02/other-clues-911-dust-and-deceit.html
http://weazlsrevenge.blogspot.com/2007/02/another-smoking-gun-maybe-its-not-dust_13.html
http://weazlsrevenge.blogspot.com/2007/02/911-first-responder-dies-of-brain.html
http://weazlsrevenge.blogspot.com/2007/02/more-dead-men-walking-911-first.html
And a few more if you hit the tab: radioactive dust.
There are even more in 911 or 911 Truth, but you have to wade through a whole lot of articles to get those relating to dust and cancer.
Thanks for stopping by.
I am somewhat convinced from all that I have read about people with NHL that almost always there is some link to JET FUEL. Think about it when those twin towers were hit there was a tremendous volume of JET FUEL that was dumped at that site. Yes, a lot of it burned up, but even after it burned there was a residue left. I would love to see the researchers take a look at some component of jet fuel as a cause for the NHL that is now showing up in the rescue workers.
I am also a relative to someone with NHL that was exposed to the illegal dumping of a jet fuel component when she was sent to the dump site to do a news story exposing the illegal dump.
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