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May 25, 2007

NYC adds post 9/11 death to victims toll

A woman who died of lung disease five months after Sept. 11 was added to the medical examiner's list of attack victims, marking the first time the city has officially linked a death to the toxic dust caused by the World Trade Center's collapse. Felicia Dunn-Jones, a 42-year-old attorney who was caught in the dust cloud while fleeing the collapsing towers on Sept. 11, 2001, died of sarcoidosis, a disease that causes inflammation and scarring in the lungs, on Feb. 10, 2002. "Mrs. Dunn-Jones' exposure to World Trade Center dust on 9/11/01 contributed to her death, and it has been ruled a homicide," Chief Medical Examiner Charles Hirsch wrote. The city said the Sept. 11 death toll at the trade center now stands at 2,750. Dunn-Jones will be listed on the Sept. 11 memorial when it opens in 2009, a spokeswoman for the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation said. Dunn-Jones' family had asked last year that the medical examiner add her name to the death toll, but Hirsch wrote at the time that his office could not link her death to the exposure with certainty beyond a reasonable doubt. Since then, a doctor for the Fire Department of New York published a study that found firefighters who worked at ground zero contracted sarcoidosis at a much higher rate after the Sept. 11 attacks than before, linking the disease firmly to the dust exposure.

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February 20, 2007

Oil Spill Contaminates Ground Water in Wisconsin

Crude oil that spilled from a broken pipeline and into a construction pit seeped deep enough to contaminate the water table in a rural area of northern Wisconsin, a state regulator said Friday. No homes were immediately at risk for polluted drinking water, said John Robinson, a regional supervisor for the Department of Natural Resources' spill recovery team. The contamination was discovered Monday, 10 days after oil gushed from the pipeline because of a construction accident. It's not known how much oil got into ground water.

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February 05, 2007

Kentucky Derailment Could Cost Millions

A CSX train that derailed south of Louisville two weeks ago igniting chemical fires and forcing residents from their homes could cost the company more than $10 million, a spokesman said Wednesday. That amount includes damage to the railroad, the environmental price tag and personal claims from residents, CSX spokesman Gary Sease said. The train was carrying a number of hazardous chemicals, much of which firefighters allowed to burn so that rail cars could be moved off the site. CSX crews also excavated 4,500 tons of contaminated earth from around the site. Sease said workers have removed about 200,000 gallons of waste waster that contained chemicals spilled in the derailment.

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January 29, 2007

1st Study for 9/11 Toxic Toll

New York state has launched the first study of deaths among World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers, a grim toll that now exceeds 100. With a $165,000 federal grant from 9/11 health czar John Howard, the state is contributing at least twice that in staff and resources to study what killed the cops, firefighters and other workers who have died after searching for survivors or helping in the cleanup

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October 10, 2006

Raleigh Waste Plant Fire Sobering Event

The recent Raleigh, North Carolina, waste plant fire brought home a sobering truth about modern life. As we go about our days in this modern world, there are hazards and threats, not of our making nor even of our comprehension, that surround us.

The fire at this suburban waste plant released tremendous clouds of potentially deadly chlorine gas. Human contact could cause death or severe injury. Evacuations were required.

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September 29, 2006

Spinach Contaminated with E. coli

Less than two weeks after the FDA alert about an outbreak of E. coli, 183 cases of illness due to E. coli infection after eating suspected contaminated prepackaged spinach have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The reported cases include 29 cases of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), 95 hospitalizations and one death.

Symptoms of illness may include diarrhea with bloody stools; a form of kidney failure called Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) may also occur but is more likely in young children and the elderly. Serious kidney damage may result in death.

The 26 affected states are: Arizona (7), California (1), Colorado (1), Connecticut (3) Idaho (4), Illinois (1), Indiana (9), Kentucky (8), Maine (3), Maryland (3), Michigan (4), Minnesota (2), Nebraska (9), Nevada (1), New Mexico (5), New York (11), Ohio (24), Oregon (6), Pennsylvania (8), Tennessee (1), Utah (18), Virginia (2), Washington (3), West Virginia (1), Wisconsin (47), and Wyoming (1).

Wisconsin health authorities reported the E. coli fatality was a 77-year-old woman from Manitowoc who died September 7.

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September 27, 2006

Spinach Back on the Menu

As everyone knows, an out-break of e-coli contamination has caused spinach to be taken off menus around the country. Grocery stores removed all spinach-containing products from their shelves. Restaurants were compelled to find alternatives for their customers.

At least 183 people in 26 states have become ill during the outbreak. One woman in Wisconsin died and officials are looking at two other deaths, a 2-year-old in Idaho and an elderly Maryland woman, that also may be linked to consumption of spinach contaminated with E. coli.

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September 16, 2006

Alert update: Spinach and E coli

The FDA reports that, to date, 102 cases of illness due to E. coli infection have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), including 16 cases of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) and one death. Illnesses continue to be reported to CDC.

There are 19 confirmed states (versus 20 reported yesterday). The case originally attributed to Tennessee was, in fact, in Kentucky. States reporting illnesses include: California, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

FDA advises consumers to not eat fresh spinach or fresh spinach-containing products until further notice.

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E. coli Outbreak in Spinach

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration now reports that one person has died, 14 suffered kidney failure and at least 94 in 20 states were ill after eating suspected contaminated pre-packaged spinach, at least some of it packed by California-based Natural Selection Foods LLC/Earthbound Farm.

Additional cases have been reported expanding the number of states to include California, Indiana, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Wisconsin health authorities reported the E. coli fatality was a 77-year-old woman from Manitowoc who died September 7; 29 cases of E. coli were reported to the Centers of Disease Control in Wisconsin alone.

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September 15, 2006

FDA Alert for Spinach and E. coli

On September 14 2006, an alert was issued by the Food and Drug Administration because of an outbreak of E. coli in several states. The source of the outbreak is believed to be bagged fresh spinach and consumers are being warned to not eat bagged fresh spinach at this time. Symptoms of illness may include diarrhea with bloody stools; a form of kidney failure called Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) may also occur but is more likely in young children and the elderly. Serious kidney damage may result in death.

50 cases of illness have been reported including 8 cases of HUS and one death.

States reporting illness to date include Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin.

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