Union: Man's Death Linked To Sept. 11 Cleanup...

[Zim Hosein]

NEW YORK -- A retired 34-year-old New York City police officer who spent hundreds of hours searching for Sept. 11 victims at ground zero has died of respiratory disease related to the cleanup, union officials said.

James Zadroga, who retired as a detective from Manhattan's South Homicide task force in 2004, is the first emergency responder to die as a result of exposure to World Trade Center dust and debris, said Michael Palladino, president of the Detectives' Endowment Association.

"Although James is the first, unfortunately I do not think he is going to be the last," Palladino said Saturday.

Zadroga died Thursday at his home in Little Egg Harbor, N.J., officials said. Results of an autopsy conducted by the Ocean County (N.J.) medical examiner's office were pending.

But Zadroga had developed black lung disease and mercury on the brain as a result of working at ground zero, Palladino said. Zadroga spent 470 hours in the first month after the Sept. 11, 2001, collapse of the trade center in rescue and recovery efforts, working up to 16 hours a day at the site, Palladino said.

He developed shortness of breath and other respiratory problems in the months after the attacks, and retired on disability in 2004.

A majority of residents and ground zero workers tracked by several different registries monitoring the participants' health have reported worsening respiratory problems in the years since the attacks.

Zadroga, a 13-year veteran of the force, is survived by a 4-year-old daughter, his parents and a brother. His wife died of cancer in late 2004, Palladino said. A wake was scheduled Sunday and Monday and a funeral Mass on Tuesday in North Arlington, N.J.

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Union: Man's Death Linked To Sept. 11 Cleanup

 

[Howard]

Mercury? From where?

 

[rh71]

scary stuff

 

[Kaervak]

Zadroga, a 13-year veteran of the force, is survived by a 4-year-old daughter, his parents and a brother. His wife died of cancer in late 2004.

Ouch.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Howard
Mercury? From where?

10 brazilian fluorescent bulbs perhaps?

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Howard
Mercury? From where?

I don't know from where, but read this Howard:

Here, today, is what we know about the dust and air at ground zero: It contained glass shards, pulverized concrete, and many carcinogens, including hundreds of thousands of pounds of asbestos, tens of thousands of pounds of lead, mercury, cadmium, dioxins, PCBs, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs. It also contained benzene. According to a study done by the U.S. Geological Survey, the dust was so caustic in places that its pH exceeded that of ammonia. Thomas Cahill, a scientist who analyzed the plumes from a rooftop one mile away, says that the levels of acids, insoluble particles, high-temperature organic materials, and metals were in most cases higher in very fine particles (which can slip deep into the lungs) than anyplace ever recorded on earth, including the oil fires of Kuwait.

"Fallout"

 

[JujuFish]

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Howard
Mercury? From where?

I searched for "mercury in building materials" and was directed to the following page.

http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~epados/mercbuild/src/devicepage.htm

In buildings as old as the WTC, I wouldn't be suprised at such a high level of mercury accumulation. The following are some things that may contain mercury:

* Fluorescent Lamps
* High Intensity Discharge Lamps
* Mercury-Containing Switches
* Mercury-Containing Thermostats
* Silent Wall Switches
* Commercial/Industrial Heating & Cooling Equipment
* Elemental Mercury and Compounds
* Freezers
* Mercury-Containing Flame Sensors
* Mercury-Containing Float Switches
* Mercury-Containing Flow Meters
* Mercury-Containing Gas-Fired Devices with Pilot Lights and Flame Sensors (ex. Gas Ranges & Ovens)
* Mercury-Containing Manometers/Barometers
* Mercury Gas Flow Regulators
* Mercury in Pipes
* Mercury Thermometers
* Rubber Floors
* Sump Pumps and Septic Tanks

 

[Caesar]

Very Sad

 

[Lanyap]

This is truly sad. I'm afraid that there will be many more like him over the next 5-10 years. The terrorist attack continues...

 

[Howard]

Yikes.

 

[AkumaX]

black lung disease? pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosus?

 

[DVK916]

Bush must be gleefull now.

 

[miri]

Did the cleanup workers use respiratory masks? That was a lot of asbestos there

 

[bonkers325]

a sad way to go, but he died doing what he believed was right. :beer: to him

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: miri
Did the cleanup workers use respiratory masks? That was a lot of asbestos there

Not everyone did. I don't know if they were offered one as an option though.

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: DVK916
Bush must be gleefull now.

Your stupidity never ceases to amaze me.

 

[sandorski]

This harkens back to a controversy. That is, that despite tests to the contrary, the EPA declared the area safe. Political pressure was charged.

 

[DVK916]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: DVK916
Bush must be gleefull now.

Your stupidity never ceases to amaze me.

:disgust:

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: sandorski
This harkens back to a controversy. That is, that despite tests to the contrary, the EPA declared the area safe. Political pressure was charged.

The link I posted higher up to "try" to answer Howard's question was 3 years after 9/11, it's an interesting read IMO sandorski.

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: CaesaR
Very Sad

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Originally posted by: DVK916
Bush must be gleefull now.

What the hell does this have to do with Bush?

 

[DVK916]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: DVK916
Bush must be gleefull now.

What the hell does this have to do with Bush?

Bush allowed 911 to happen for oil/blood money and power.

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: DVK916

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: DVK916
Bush must be gleefull now.

What the hell does this have to do with Bush?

Bush allowed 911 to happen for oil/blood money and power.

BACK! BACK TO P&N!

GET OUTTA HERE!

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: DVK916

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: DVK916
Bush must be gleefull now.

What the hell does this have to do with Bush?

Bush allowed 911 to happen for oil/blood money and power.

This event is tragic enough without your trolling, thank you very much.