Re: Oct 20, IOM, Exposure to mold/toxins greatest health concern- New Orleans

[Guest guest]

You're totally kidding me, right? Of all the hundreds of chemical polllutants

contained in the factories that ringed Lake Ponchartrain alone - and they test

for ONE and declare it safe?!! Oh pu-leeze. This reminds me of the ACOEM study

on damp indoor spaces. Find one favorable study done under the most limited

conditions, then announce that you have all the answers and studiously ignore

any information to the contrary.

I'm tempted to put together a new press release - " Brain Fog and Indigestion

Found to be Induced by Government Double-speak " ...

A newly published study reveals that neurotoxins such as the trichothecenes

formerly thought to induce cognitive problems actually do not have any effect on

victims of long-term exposure. In fact, clinical depression and various

digestive ailments such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome were found to be greatly

reduced in the absence of government-funded studies. " It appears that the act of

trying to mentally track through the multintudinous layers of non-sequiturs and

faulty logic, combined with triple-compound sentences of dubious beginning

veracity induces a kind of profound stupor which is popularly referred to as

'brain fog'. "

An additional study on nystagmus (the involuntary horizontal twitching of the

eyeballs) is also under way. It is thought that visually attempting to track

back and forth through government press releases, combined with the attempt to

keep one's eyebrows from merging with one's hairline in disbelief and horror is

the real culprit. The act creates a kind of overwhelming motor signal in the

brain and may even lead to vertigo. Sufferers are advised to avoid websites and

news stations carrying government information of most types, or to at least

remain seated until the feelings of nausea and dizziness have passed.

Unauthenticated reports of mylagia settling into the gluteals have also been

rumored, but no new studies are planned at this time as no funding has been

found.

snk1955@... wrote:

" Meanwhile, on Oct. 20 public health officials said at an _Institute of

Medicine (IOM)_ (http://www.iom.edu/) conference that, currently, the greatest

potential threat to human health in the wake of the hurricanes may be exposure

to mold. They also expressed concerns about the toxicity of the sediments

coating formerly flooded areas, especially in New Orleans. "

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Volume 83, Number 44 p. 8

Hurricane Aftermath

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No tainted runoff found in Gulf; concerns focus on sediments left by floods

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Gulf of mexico waters thus far appear free of chemical contaminants that

could have been washed from the land by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, state and

federal scientists report.

A. Murawski, a senior scientist for the _National Oceanic &

Atmospheric Administration_ (http://www.nasa.gov/) , says federal and state

agencies

are sampling Gulf waters to determine whether the two hurricanes swept

pollutants from land into coastal waters. Water samples analyzed thus far

contain no

toxic chemicals attributable to runoff following the hurricanes, he says.

As part of their analyses, scientists are checking coastal waters from

eastern Texas to Alabama for the presence of brominated flame retardants, which

Murawski says is an indicator of “acute urban runoff.†Thus far, scientists

have detected none of these brominated compounds in Gulf waters, he says. It is

likely, therefore, that the low levels of pesticides and polychlorinated

biphenyls found in the water did not come from the storm surges, Murawski adds.

Meanwhile, on Oct. 20 public health officials said at an _Institute of

Medicine (IOM)_ (http://www.iom.edu/) conference that, currently, the greatest

potential threat to human health in the wake of the hurricanes may be exposure

to mold. They also expressed concerns about the toxicity of the sediments

coating formerly flooded areas, especially in New Orleans.

Among IOM conference speakers was J. Lioy, a professor at _ Wood Jo

hnson Medical School_ (http://rwjms.umdnj.edu/) , Piscataway, N.J., who has

extensively studied health effects stemming from the World Trade Center

attacks, including ailments linked to dusts that coated building interiors.

Noting

that sediments dry out and can end up as airborne dust, Lioy urged officials

to analyze the sediments as soon as possible.

“Know what’s in there,†he said, so returning residents and workers doing

demolition and cleanup can be told how to protect themselves appropriately.

Chemical & Engineering News

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Copyright © 2005

[Guest guest]

Unfortunately we do have the truth on our side. I could probably look

back at the archives at the mcs site when the 9/11 incident happened

and you would find that everyone was talking about how so many people

were going to be sick from chemicals and everything else. Too bad so

many had to suffer when they didn't report the air was bad for the

firefighters and the people of NY. Now so many of them are ill. Now

we know that the same thing is going to happen in NO and the so many

places that have flooded. It is so hard to watch this happen.