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MULTI-MILLIONAIRE JIMMY WALTER BATTLES BUSH ADMINISTRATION Related:
Re-Open 911 | January 24, 2005
Christine Whitman EPA administrator, Mayor Giuliani, the NY, and NYC health departmentsliedto New Yorkers and visitors from around the world that there were"No Significant Problems". As a result, Over 400,000 pounds of lead ·Over 200,000 pounds of asbestos · More than enough mercury to contaminate 2,500 city blocks · Radioactive americium 241 from thousands of smoke detectors · Highest levels of vanadium ever recorded · Children in nearby schools have developed serious respiratory problems · Half of those who cleaned ground zero have serious health problems · 100's of firefighters can no longer work · 14 rescue dogs have died! Scientists Dr. Cate Jenkins, Dr. Marjorie Clarke, Paul Bartlett, and others, warned about inhaling toxic dust and fumes, but were ignored by the agencies in charge. Read theEPA Inspector General Report, which exposes the crimes, theMSNBC article, and theCNN News article. For more details please go to the World Trade Center Environmental Organizationwtceo.org/and"Messages in the Dust". Click here to see whatCriminal Chargesvictims working at or near ground zero may have to file with theManhattan District AttorneyagainstMayor Giuliani;Christie Whitman(Book Tour Dates);James L. Connaughton, Chair of White House Council on Environmental Quality,Antonia C. Novello,NY Health Commissioner;Neal Cohen, NYC Health Commissioner;Thomas R. Frieden, NYC Health Commissioner starting January of 2002. Dr. Marjorie Clarke's testimony on toxins and pollutants at Ground Zero--which the White Housesaidwas "Safe to Breathe--"revealed the air really contained the following: Walden Three - Walter’s Practical Eco-Utopian Think Tank If the air could talk, it would most certainly say that Walter is one of the environment’s best friends. Known worldwide as an ecological crusader, he heads Walden Three, an environmental based think tank dedicated to preserving our environment while stimulating the economy and providing luxurious lifestyle for all. While several Walden’s and Walden Two's were started, few survive and none, except one (http://www.loshorcones.org.mx/), still adhere to theirprogenitor’s concepts. Mr. Walter believes this is so because none of those communities were truly "off the grid". To do that, he points out, you have to make your own solar cells, glass bottles, pharmaceuticals, computers, plastic, china, knives, forks, steel, transportation vehicles, roads, etc., as well as food: all the things that people consume. To that end, Walden Three incorporates pollution free (including noise) factories so people can work, live, shop, and play within walking, moving sidewalk, or electric tram distance. Moreover, the freight system is built into the people moving system, efficiency. Everything is connected by the city's broadband Internet. Every person and business has computers and free, unlimited access to all the systems from school to work to entertainment. Walter successfully helped over 20,000 inmates in the Florida prison system and 40,000 people nationwide with his Life Skills Foundation program, a program ended by jealousy from within the Florida Department of Corrections when they got the governor to veto the bill he got through the Florida legislature. Jeb Bush then ended all programs claiming punishment was all that was needed. The result, crime is on the rise with hundreds of thousands of untrained, unmotivated felons coming back into society without enough jobs for all. I believe in ‘flood up’ economics, not ‘trickle down’. If the people at the bottom get money, they spend it. The tax giveaway to the rich went to higher interest bearing banks and bonds abroad, not to buy American.” As a patriot, philanthropist, activist with a genius IQ (he won the prestigious Morehead Scholarship at UNC even though he had a wealthy father), Walter is parlaying his knowledge of business, finance, psychology, economics, behavior management, religion, and philosophy to build a truly sustainable Eco-Utopian society. Walden Three is a paradigm for future architectural and biotecture development. He is working with architect R. Edmond of HASSELL Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia, which won the Urban Design Competition for Architecture, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, for a 4 -thousand hectare (~10,000 acres) model city in Ningbo, China. Walter lived in Hong Kong from 1986 to 1992 researching to this end. Walter was born in Tampa, FL in 1947, the son of famed Horatio Alger industrialist, Jim Walter who started Jim Walter Homes with $1,000 in 1946 which became Walter Industries, a conglomerate that included Celotex and U.S. Pipe and Foundry which does everything from manufacture ceiling tiles, pipe, and wall board to building and financing low income homes to oil, gas, and coal production. Walter spent over $3 million running the Life Skills Foundation, a non-profit educational organization he founded, which trained more than 20,000 prisoners Florida Dept art corrections inmates, and 3,000 welfare recipients. The recidivism rates are truly remarkable. Sixty-Six percent of inmates go on to healthier, more productive lives. Breathing and mental health problems widespread among Ground Zero rescue and recovery workers (New York) -- Preliminary data from screenings conducted at The Mount Sinai Medical Center show that both upper and lower respiratory problems and mental health difficulties are widespread among rescue and recovery workers who dug through the ruins of the World Trade Center in the days following its destruction in the attack of September 11, 2001. An analysis of the screenings of 1,138 workers and volunteers who responded to the World Trade Center disaster found that nearly three-quarters of them experienced new or worsened upper respiratory problems at some point while working at Ground Zero. And half of those examined had upper and/or lower respiratory symptoms that persisted up to the time of their examinations, an average of eight months after their WTC efforts ended. In addition, more than half of the Ground Zero workers who were examined had persistent psychological symptoms. "These preliminary findings demonstrate that large numbers of workers and volunteers suffered persistent, substantial effects on their respiratory and psychological health as a result of their efforts," said Stephen Levin, MD, Associate Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Co-Director of the World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program. "There is a clear need for this group of workers and volunteers to receive ongoing monitoring and treatment, and for rapid clinical response to future disaster settings." The findings were released in the September 10, 2004 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) of the federal Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which provided funding for the medical screenings. They are based on evaluation of data from 1,100 participants (91% men with a median age of 41) who voluntarily enrolled in the federally-funded national World Trade Center Worker & Volunteer Medical Screening Program, coordinated by the Mount Sinai – Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational & Environmental Medicine. Through August, 2004, the program provided free standardized medical assessments, clinical referrals and occupational health education to nearly 12,000 workers and volunteers exposed to environmental contaminants, psychological stressors, and physical hazards. In addition to respiratory and mental health effects, program participants also reported low back and upper or lower extremity pain, heartburn, eye irritation, and frequent headache. Only 21 percent of the workers and volunteers participating in the screening program, most of whom were police officers and utility and construction workers, had appropriate respiratory protection while working at Ground Zero September 11-14, 2001. During that period, exposures to WTC dustwhich contained pulverized cement, glass fibers, asbestos, and other airborne contaminants, were considered to be greatest. Of the 1,138 screened workers and volunteers whose responses were analyzed for the MMWR reports, 51% percent met the pre-determined criteria for risk of mental health problems. The responses also indicated that the participants' risks for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was four (4) times the PTSD rate in the general male population. Currently, CDC has provided $81 million to continue medical follow-up screening for responders for an additional five years. To provide Ground Zero workers with additional evaluation and clinical care at no cost, Mount Sinai has utilized philanthropic support to establish the World Trade Center Health Effects Treatment Program, coordinated by the Mount Sinai-Selikoff Center, an internationally respected diagnostic, treatment, and referral center for occupationally related illnesses. Sooty Ground Zero Air Causes Respiratory Ailments for Firefighters At least a quarter of the 6,500 firefighters who have worked at Ground Zero after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center have experienced respiratory problems, ranging from a chronic cough to shortness of breath or even pneumonia. While short-term respiratory problems are common among firefighters, World Trade Center workers are experiencing more prolonged and serious side effects, experts say. Thousands of N.Y. firefighters have developed a chronic cough. While prolonged exposure to these contaminants can cause short-term, treatable respiratory ailments, officials are more concerned about possible long-term effects. "We know medically that from inhaling large particulate matter, the consequences can range from chronic cough to asthma to a higher incidence of heart attacks," Dr. David Prezant, the chief pulmonary physician for the New York Fire Department, told the BBC . Based on tests given to 6,500 firefighters, fire department officials estimate that between 100 and 200 firefighters or officers may be sick enough that the department medical board could declare that they are no longer physically capable of fighting fires, according to the New York Times . So far, fire department officials said, 15 firefighters who worked at Ground Zero have been given that designation, making them eligible to apply for a disability pension. But representatives of the firefighters' union told the Times that even more may be forced to retire. Thomas Manley, sergeant-at-arms and health and safety officer for the Uniformed Firefighters Association, which represents 9,100 firefighters, estimated that up to 500 firefighters may be forced to retire because of respiratory problems caused by breathing the sooty air at Ground Zero. Manley also said that between 300 and 400 are on medical leave because they have a chronic cough, get winded easily or are coughing up a phlegm or chalky substances. However, none have conditions serious enough to require hospitalization. The fire department began health screenings for those who worked at Ground Zero in October, conducting lung function exams, chest X-rays, hearing tests and blood work. Those found with serious respiratory ailments are given steroid inhalants to treat coughing and heaviness in the chest. The treatment — similar to what is prescribed to people with asthma or chronic bronchitis — aims to ease inflammation and reduce the coughs. "We won't know for some time what the short- and long-term effects will be. But we are being very aggressive in not only treating people but in tracking progress," Francis X. Gribbon, a department spokesperson, told the New York Times . Ground Zero responders may have been exposed to contaminated air. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also is monitoring the air quality at Ground Zero. Monitors have detected low levels of asbestos, and in at least one test, low levels of benzene. The EPA has urged workers at Ground Zero to continue wearing respirators to protect against exposure to possibly harmful contaminants. Earlier this month, four police officers working at Ground Zero were tested to have elevated levels of mercury in their blood, according to the Associated Press . None of the four showed signs of mercury poisoning, but they were still reassigned as a precaution. High levels of mercury can damage the brain, kidneys and lungs. Authorities encourage those working at Ground Zero to wear respirators. In addition to the losses suffered on that day, the impact on the fire department's roster could be devastating. "It could take two years to replace those numbers, to get the department back up to that manning level," Tom Butler, a spokesperson for the Uniformed Firefighters Association told the New York Times . In recent years, about 500 firefighters have retired annually, about half of whom go on disability pension.
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