The latest U.S. government study, the latest evidence of a systematic cover-up the health of pollution after 9 / 11 disaster, doctors fear that led to more deaths than the attacks themselves

Belfast Telegraph said: The Bush administration removes evidence of the growing threat and officially announced that the air around the building was taken “safe to breathe.”

But the results of the government, carried out by a consortium of researchers, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Columbia University, New York University, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, show exposure increases under the new epidemic of coughing, gasping, shortness of breath, and bronchial hyperreactivity more than 2 ½ years after the disaster.

Air samples showed that asbestos in WTC were initially increased following the attacks of September 11, but fell on federal standards after, within a few days of the first .

“More research is needed to determine whether exposure to long-term vis-à-vis the asbestos fibers could lead to an increased risk of lung cancer mesothelioma, a rare cancer, as part of the exposure to asbestos, “said Landrigan. “Studies have shown that shortly chrysotile fibers in the WTC-dust on the dominant fiber mesothelioma in lung tissues.”

It is important to note that symptoms of the disease is not 30-May 50 years after exposure to asbestos.

Often, symptoms of pleural mesothelioma are:

* Shortness of breath,
* Pain in the chest

Peritoneal mesothelioma symptoms are:

* Weight loss,
* Abdominal pain,
* Swelling,
* Intestinal obstruction,
* Blood Coagulation,
* Anemia,
* Fever.

If the cancer is on the mesothelium to other parts of the body, May symptoms are pain, difficulty swallowing, or swelling of the face or neck.

It is very important to see a doctor about any of these symptoms. Only a doctor can make a diagnosis.

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