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Your Immediate Action is Needed on Intro. 650

Intro. 650, the City Council bill that would authorize the NYPD to impose a permitting regime on environmental monitoring in New York City, comes before the City Council Public Safety Committee at a hearing this Tuesday, April 29th

We urge that you join us in opposition to this legislation, which would give the police department sweeping new powers that are likely to restrain and inhibit environmental monitoring, by taking 3 important steps

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DEMAND A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM TO SCREEN, TRACK AND TREAT RESIDENTS, OFFICE WORKERS, STUDENTS, AND ALL THOSE WHO MAY BE AFFECTED BY 9/11-RELATED ILLNESSES

9/11 Environmental Action and the groups sponsoring Affected but Neglected,

the September 7th, 2006 Town Hall have launched a petition drive:

Sign the Petition and Request Copies of the Petition

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If you haven't yet registered for-9/11 Related Workers' Compensation,

it is not too late to do so! Click anywhere here to find out more...

New Law Sets up Workers’ Compensation Registry for 9/11 Responders and Cleanup Workers, Eliminating Normal 2-year Filing Deadline!Registrants who develop 9/11-related illness at any time will be eligible for compensation.

All 9/11 rescue, recovery and cleanup workers (including individuals who cleaned up their own homes) are eligible, and should register even if not sick to protect their rights to compensation if and when they become sick.

Get the details at the website for the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH)

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	On television screens the world over, people watched the Twin Towers disintegrate into a fine dust which spread for miles. As the fires burned unabated, New York City residents began to realize that they and the many volunteers who had come to their aid had been exposed to an unprecedented mix of asbestos, fiberglass, lead, mercury, cadmium, dioxins, and hundreds of toxic substances that continue to endanger lives. School parents, residents, safety
...A somber salute to you who responded first...
experts, environmentalists, labor unions, and religious and charitable organizations began to organize to protect themselves and each other, as it became all too obvious that government institutions were misleading or ignoring New Yorkers. To call attention to these health risks, many people testified at public hearings, participated in conferences, and staged demonstrations. We came to understand the geographical extent and the economic and political context of the environmental problems caused by this terrorist attack.The environmental issues of the disaster require open sharing of complex data and interpretations, and a comprehensive clean up. Instead we've gotten a cover up -- as the insurance and construction industries seek to minimize their liabilities. With the discovery that the federal government had the legal responsibility for investigation and clean up, 9/11 ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION was born. The EPA had abandoned us, hidden the data, and silenced their own ombudsman. We demand a comprehensive remediation of the environmental devastation of our beloved city. Our government must never again fail to take precautionary actions to protect the public health after an environmental disaster.
Help in our campaign to make our land a safe place to live!
Overhead View of Collapse (photo: EPA-NCEA)