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Ombudsmann Richard Martin requires in the meantime a thorough examination of the used test methods and also the information policy of its authority.

Founded guessing

Even the EPA fibers found: " only in the direct proximity of the World there was trade of center asbestos quantities, which were situated, calm down over our limit values " the office on its Internet page. " it gives however with asbestos no limit value ", moniert to Rolf Packroff of the Federal Institution for industrial safety and industrial medicine. " a unique short high load can be enough to release around cancer. "

Since short now first risikoabschaetzungen for south Manhattan are present. By using the measuring data of independent institutes, Cate Jenkins enumerated from the EPA that the fibers for at least each thousandth, possibly even each tenth inhabitant could become deadly. Jenkins however calls their calculations " very still uncertainly ". Because they were based only on limited data, and the risks were too highly set after caution for the sake of EPA standards. This estimate divides also the toxicologist Thomas Gebel of the Federal Institution for industrial safety and industrial medicine: " that is a partly founded guessing. " The risk is to be quantified only with exact knowledge of the asbestos load.

Asbestos occurs in nature in finest fibers, which einnisten themselves in the lung. There they can release a Vernarbung of the lung still after decades cancer of the lungs, cancer-similar Geschwulste or a deadly Asbestose, thus. How many of these finest particles float still in air over Manhattan, cannot be said exactly, because the distribution is very different. Besides is unclear, how much asbestos was at all blocked into the twin Towers and how of it much is gerieselt on the city already. " the asbestos concentrations in the dust and in housing air were substantially increased ", found a company, which created an appraisal in October over the pollution impact. It guesses/advises to assume caution for the sake of " all types of dust are asbesthaltig ". Only experienced Asbestsanierer with special equipment should clean dwellings and offices.

But but it is already too late in many cases: Numerous humans returned to the misfortune to their dwellings and offices. By the chaos, which developed after the collapse of the twin towers, thereby much ran inclined. " our dwelling was cleaned by three auxiliary workers with brooms, turning sheet metals and rags, reported about Steve Swaney of the newspaper St. Louis post office Dispatch. " you did not have yet times protective masks. " In Germany such a thing is " strictly forbidden ", means asbestos expert Packroff.

Partly the authorities themselves gave lethal pieces of advice: It is not necessary to carry when clearing up protective masks spread it for example. Pure calculation, believes Swaney: " someone does not want that the truth rauskommt. " Finally go it around much cash and many jobs." you do not want to close Manhattan, but I want to know, whether it is safe, here to live."

According to opinion of Cate Jenkins might rather not be that the case." the past clearing up work is useless ", means them. Because

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