Lawmakers say ground zero workers unsafe
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060909/ap_on_he_me/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 - Lawmakers said federal officials failed to protect ground zero workers as they clambered over the smoking pile of toxic debris and have not properly cared for them in the years since.</p><br clear="all"/>