Wednesday, April 1, 2009

9/11 victim dies from dust exposures?

There is a small tiny little bitty article in some sort of news service maybe from a university in New Mexico that wrote about a 9/11 victim who was helping people get evacuated died as a result from getting sarcoidosis due to dust exposure.


9/11 victim dies from dust exposures?

I wrote, "This was written without any basic research of what sarcoidosis is. Medical science does not know what causes sarcoidosis, whether it’s hereditary or environmental. There is also no cure and the most frequently used treatment is steroids to suppress the immune system and inflammation since it is believed to be an auto-immune disease. Only 3-5 percent of patients die from sarcoidosis. I agree with the fact that the dust from 9/11 may have been the reason he got sarcoidosis since there are many cases. In fact a spike at Mt. Sinai Hospital in NY who treated many firefighters. However there is no proof or for that matter I wonder if there is a study being conducted at all.

The statement, “died from sarcoidosis which was caused by the World Trade Center dust exposures.” Is not a fact but more like an opinion because it can’t be proven.

Again I agree that may have been the case but I would’t want to ill inform people about this disease.

Oh, how I wish we had more facts."



I wish people that call themselves a news source would research a little bit before the writing. Maybe whoever wrote the article would have had more to write about. Thanks for writing about it anyways because we really need the exposure. Even it it's just this little piece.

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