Dear Mr. President and Congress Persons

[Guest guest]

Subject: Letter to Authorities

May 31, 2005

Washington Office: President Bush

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, US 20500

Phone: (202) 456-1414

Fax: (202) 456-2461

Washington Office: Senator Brownback

303 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20510-1604

Phone: (202) 224-6521

Fax: (202) 228-1265

Washington Office: Senator

109 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20510-1605

Phone: (202) 224-4774

Fax: (202) 224-3514

Washington Office: Congressman Ryun

1110 Longworth House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-1602

Phone: (202) 225-6601

Fax: (202) 225-7986

Dear Mr. President and Congress Persons:

I am writing this letter to you because there is a very serious

health

problem in our Nation. Diseases

caused by fungal, chemical, and volatile organic compounds (VOC),

are

becoming a real problem. Let

us, for the sake of brevity, call it ?Sick Building Syndrome.?

For several years, people have become sick, some have died, and the

authorities continue to turn a

blind eye to the problem. This is doing, nothing short of, evading

the

inevitable. Our Country has a

very serious problem, and it will have to be dealt with sooner or

later.

This brings me to my problem, and why I know that this is a serious

threat

to health. In May of 1995, I

had to leave a job with the Federal Government. I was a Railroad

Safety

Specialist working with the

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). I worked in the Nassif

Building -

Department of

Transportation (DOT) located at 400 7th St. SW in Washington, DC. I

had

worked in this building for

2 and ½ years. I became sick because of this building. I developed

major

depressive disorder (severe)

while there, as a result. I WAS A CASUALTY!

Let me be very succinct, concerning my life. I have always been

able to do

anything that I wanted to. I

served my Country with distinction during the Vietnam Era, obtained

a

Masters of Business

Administration Degree, and performed without any problems in the

Railroad

industry. That includes

my time in the FRA. Following my 2 and ½ years working in the

Department of

Transportation

(Nassif Building), I developed a Central Nervous System Disorder -

Major

Depressive Disorder

Severe, Recurrent (without psychotic features). My life was

ruined. I have

struggled for the past 10

years to save my sanity. I am now on disability.

I believe that the contamination of the Nassif Building, that came

to light

in late 1995, offers a unique

opportunity to study the problem. I say this for the following

reasons:

? The Nassif Building was truly contaminated with many vile

and

poisonous substances.

? Two of the four High Volume Air Conditioning Systems that

supplied

air to this 1.3 million sq.

ft. office building were not working at all and the other two

were only

partially working. Fresh

air was not being brought into the building and stale air was

not being

expelled.

? Fifty percent of the roof drains were leaking water into

the

building.

? Via the Freedom of Information Act, my Congressmen, and the

office

of the Occupational

Safety and Health Administration, I have acquired large amounts

of

documentation to support

all my claims.

? I know that I was harmed by the building. I have spoken

with

others working in the building at

the time and know that others were also harmed. One lady even

died as

a result of this

contamination. At least that is what many of her co-workers

believe.

I also do not doubt that.

? I know of several other employees that experienced health

problems

as a result of this building.

I would like to propose that the Center for Disease Control

undertake a

study to determine the health

effects of this contamination. A study such as this would go a long

way in

showing that contaminated

buildings, do in fact, cause severe health problems. I previously

mentioned

that this building offered a

unique opportunity. It is unique, in that, this ten story building

that

surrounds an entire block, was

suffering from contamination of varying degree, and varying

contaminants,

and ten years have now

passed.

A study of the Medical Records of all employees at the time of the

contamination, and now in the

present would offer a gauge of whether or not ?Sick Building

Syndrome?

causes health problems. This

opportunity will pass by if we do not act now. I would be grateful

for the

opportunity to present to you,

the documentation in my possession and why I believe there is a

problem.

Please contact me.

Sincerely

Larry N. McQuarie, Sr.

706 Nth 29th St

Parsons, KS 67357

Telephone: 620-423-8039

To be fair to the owner, the building was remediated, unfortunately

it was unsuccessful.