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Air Today . . . Gone Tomorrow Article
New Research Report Urges
Stop to Further 911 Fatalities
Mesothelioma Applied Research
Foundation, January 27, 2005
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mesothelioma Applied Research
Foundation (MARF) today released an alarming research report on the effects of 911. The
report concludes that over one hundred thousand individuals present in Manhattan during
and immediately after the collapse of the Twin Towers are at risk to become future victims
of the terrorist attack.
Using published private and government sources, MARF's report demonstrates that the air
was heavily contaminated with asbestos after the collapse. It shows further that many
local residents, rescue workers, and tower survivors were exposed to dangerously high
doses of asbestos and are thus at risk for developing mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is an
aggressive, usually-lethal cancer against which current standard treatments have little or
no effect.
Evidence of the dangerously high asbestos levels was confirmed yesterday by the New York
Times. The Times reported on the findings of environmental consultants involved with the
demolition of the Deutsche Bank building on 130 Liberty Street, across the street from
Ground Zero. In a comprehensive, detailed study requested by Deutsche Bank to document the
extent of contamination in the building, the R.J. Lee Company in 2003 found extremely high
levels of asbestos. This study, together with documents from the EPA and New York health
authorities, clearly supports MARF's conclusion that thousands of 911 heroic rescue
workers and other innocents are now at risk for developing mesothelioma in the next ten to
50 years.
MARF is therefore recommending that Congress take action now to prevent further suffering
and death from the terrorists' despicable act. To spur development of effective
mesothelioma treatments, MARF is calling on Congress to establish a National Mesothelioma
Research and Treatment Program with funding of $28 million per year. MARF's Science
Advisory Board and other experts believe that recent developments in experimental
treatments and protocols demonstrate that with adequate funding, a cure for this cruel
disease is within reach.
MARF's 911 research report is available for free at www.marf.org/911report.pdf
MARF is the national nonprofit organization whose mission is to eradicate mesothelioma as
a life-ending disease. For more information, see www.marf.org or contact MARF Executive
Director Chris Hahn, 805-560-8942, c-hahn@marf.org, or the report's author, MARF
Communications Director Klaus Brauch, 714-969-1481, k-brauch@marf.org.
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