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To: geode00 who wrote (203447)	9/18/2006 3:56:20 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them think: <many observers from unions and labor safety organizations noted that no more than half of the WTC workers ever used their respirators. Safety compliance was regularly brought up at daily safety committee hearings held by the city with other agencies and private contractors, but there was no enforcement and the situation apparently never improved.> The people working at the site obviously didn't think they were in enough smoke to worry about, or they'd have put their air filters on. This is not rocket science. <So far, 33 of the estimated 50,000 workers at the sites have died of such complications.> Those aren't complications. Those are diseases. "Complications" is like collateral damage. 5 years later, I'd have thought at least 33 of 50,000 would have died anyway, from "complications" of cigarettes, poor diet, bad luck, etc. Mqurice