[FreedomCalls]

On Sept 16, 2001, the EPA draft said that "recent samples of dust ... on Water Street show higher levels of asbestos." The White House version read: "new samples confirm ... ambient air quality meets OSHA government standards,"

Well, duh! Of course there was higher levels of asbestos in the air -- two huge 110-story buildings built with asbestos insulation just crashed to the ground. The EPA version was unfinished and alarmist. The very next question after reading that "recent samples of dust ... show higher levels of asbestos" would be: "How much more do they show?" and "Is it safe?" The White House version answered those questions: the levels, although they were indeed higher, were nonetheless still under OSHA standards for safe exposure. The White House version made that point a lot clearer. They were not "hiding" tests indicating unsafe levels of asbestos dust in the air like the reporter tries to insinuate.

[At _War_With_Liberals]

"the levels, although they were indeed higher, were nonetheless still under OSHA standards for safe exposure"

And acceptable OSHA levels are lower than low.

[concerned about politics]

Well, duh! Of course there was higher levels of asbestos in the air -- two huge 110-story buildings built with asbestos insulation just crashed to the ground.

If so, it had to be from smaller nearby buildings.
The original plans for both towers had asbestos in the building plans. The environmentalists had a fit, and the building engineeers had to remove it and replace it with something "safer." That's why the towers burned the way they did. The original plans had them being 2 of the safest buildings ever built.

[MJY1288]

The Mercury levels were the biggest health hazard. The danger from the Asbestos particles were easily contained with simple dust (particle) masks. Mercury can be absorbed through the skin and when one considers all the thousands of thermostats in the WTC that contained Mercury and were destroyed when the Towers collapsed, it easy to see how Mercury exposure was a real problem

[Flyer]

Well, duh! Of course there was higher levels of asbestos in the air -- two huge 110-story buildings built with asbestos insulation just crashed to the ground.

Yep, that'll do it every time.

My gosh, a week after 9/11 I think we all had bigger things on our minds.