Health impact from 9/11 extensive
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly half of the over 1,000 screened rescue workers who responded to the September 11, 2001, attacks suffer from new or exacerbated respiratory, mental and other health problems, according to a government report.
Thursday’s report, from the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, is the second in two days to find that firefighters, police officers and volunteers show persistent effects from environmental toxins and psychological stress.
On Wednesday, a similar study from the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, noted that many rescue workers suffer wheezing, shortness of breath, sinusitis, asthma and a syndrome called "WTC cough."
The latest health study, conducted at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, showed that nearly half of the 1,138 people screened had problems that either began or worsened after being exposed to the dust, airborne toxins and pollutants unleashed by the collapsed buildings.
"These preliminary findings of the WTC Screening Program demonstrate that large numbers of workers and volunteers suffered persistent, substantial effects on their respiratory and psychological health as a result of their efforts," said Dr. Stephen Levin, co-director of the World Trade Centre Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program.
Source: Tiscali News - 09.09.04
Thursday’s report, from the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, is the second in two days to find that firefighters, police officers and volunteers show persistent effects from environmental toxins and psychological stress.
On Wednesday, a similar study from the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, noted that many rescue workers suffer wheezing, shortness of breath, sinusitis, asthma and a syndrome called "WTC cough."
The latest health study, conducted at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, showed that nearly half of the 1,138 people screened had problems that either began or worsened after being exposed to the dust, airborne toxins and pollutants unleashed by the collapsed buildings.
"These preliminary findings of the WTC Screening Program demonstrate that large numbers of workers and volunteers suffered persistent, substantial effects on their respiratory and psychological health as a result of their efforts," said Dr. Stephen Levin, co-director of the World Trade Centre Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program.
Source: Tiscali News - 09.09.04
posted by Carole Spiers @ Friday, September 10, 2004
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