http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-liwtc274867706aug27,0,251949.story?track=rss

Samples of dust from Ground Zero were sent to two independent labs. The lab results showed high levels of fiberglass and dangerours pulverized asbestos that had been exposed to extraordinary heat

Here we are, five years later, and only now will we see the true the cost of mysterious illnesses, shortened careers, lost lives, and a class action lawsuit filed by 7,000 people.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, New Yorkers were told that the air at Ground Zero was safe. Now we know that was untrue. Perhaps even a big lie. According to a top city health department official who wrote a three-page memo, there were critical environmental issues related to the disaster and these have not been addressed.

The city's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) conducted tests for asbestos. It was known thenthat there were dangerously high levels of the fibers, but did not reveal those test results to the public. We think that at best, this was a grossly negligent act, and perhaps intentional, perhaps motivated by political issues, and certainly should be punishable by a lawsuit for punitive damages.

The results were later disclosed by the state in response to a Freedom of Information request.