EPA, NYC blamed for 9/11 health problems
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060908/ap_on_re_us/attacks_health"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060905/capt.4f85ab7a223c441ca531b0a3c22cf773.attacks_health_ny121.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=ye64hMaCUlGXyKJvMWp6aA--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Excavation equipment continue to work through the night under floodlights, uncovering hot spots at the still smoldering World Trade Center, in a Oct. 10, 2001 file photo in New York. Nearly 70 percent of recovery workers who responded to the attacks on the World Trade Center suffered lung problems during or after their work at ground zero, a new health study released Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006 shows. (AP Photo/ Stuart Ramson)" border="0" /></a>AP - City and federal officials came under withering criticism Friday from lawmakers who charged that ground zero workers were not protected as they clambered over a smoking pile of toxic debris — and have not been properly cared for since.</p><br clear="all"/>