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We are trying to update this listing as
much as possible. As of now, a lot of
the documents are from the 9/11 Environmental Action Website and our Archived
WTC section.
The latest draft report to
characterize the environmental exposure from
the smoke, fumes and dust resulting from the terrorist attack of 9/11/04 and
its effects on health comes from the NIEHS WTC Working Group. This
summary of six research studies is reported in Volume 112, Number 6, May
2004, of Environmental Health Perspectives,
by Leonardo Trasande,
Philip J. Landrigan,
by Frederica Perera,
Deliang Tang, Robin Whyatt,
Sally Ann Lederman and Wieslaw
Jedrychowski, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers &
Prevention, Vol. 14, 709-714, March 2005
by Victoria L. Wagner, Marleen S. Radigan, Patrick J. Roohan, Joseph P. Anarella, and
Foster C. Gesten, Journal of Urban Health; Bulletin of
the New York Academy of Medicine, Doi:10.1093/jurban/jti010
by Sally Ann Lederman(1),
Virginia Rauh(1), Lisa Weiss(1), Janet L. Stein(2),
Lori A. Hoepner(1), Mark Becker(3), and Frederica
P. Perera(1), Environmental Health Perspectives
Volume 112, Number 17 December 2004
by Joan Reibman, Shao Lin, Syni-An A. Hwang, Mridu Gulati, James A. Bowers, Linda Rogers, Kenneth I. Berger,
Anne Hoerning, Marta Gomez, and Edward F.
Fitzgerald; Environmental Health Perspectives for the study itself: http//ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2004/7375/7375.pdf
May 12, 2004, prepared by Deutsche
Bank Health Group, for the Deutsche Bank
The study itself, Szema_et_al._Asthma _WTC_Collapse;
J_All_Clin_Imm_ 2003.pdf The Editorial, Szema_Editorial_in_J_All_Clin_Imm_2004.pdf Correspondence
between the NYC
Dept. of Health and the
Authors
study by William
N. Rom, et al.Also attached is an editorial
in the same issue. Please see Figure 3 in the study, showing pictures of
asbestos and fiberglass particles in the actual lung tissue
(missing link) ·
(10/9/02) New effort to track environmental links to disease by
federal CDC funding to study chronic diseases and disorders such as asthma
and autism, and their potential environmental causes read more in the "New
effort to track environmental links to disease" by Dorsey Griffith
in the Sacremento Bee 10-8-02 (missing link) CONTACT: Mount Sinai to Announce Preliminary
Findings of Medical Health Analysis Reveals Over 50% of
Responders Experience Pulmonary, ENT and/
Coordinated
by the Mount Sinai-Irving J. Selikoff Center for
Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center,
with the support of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the program
- The World Trade Center Worker & Volunteer Medical Screening Program -
offers free and confidential medical screening examinations nationwide for
exposed workers and volunteers - individuals whose tireless post-September 11
efforts in the rescue, recovery and cleanup work at Ground Zero and the
Staten Island landfill exposed them to a wide range of environmental hazards
and placed them at risk for resultant health problems. An
analysis of the physical examination findings, symptoms and hazardous
exposures experienced by an initial group of 250 WTC Program participants
documents that approximately half of the sample experienced persistent WTC-related
pulmonary, ENT and/or mental health symptoms 10 months to one year
following the The
findings were released by Dr. Kenneth Berns, CEO
and President of Mount Sinai Medical Center and WTC Program Directors Drs.
Stephen Levin and Robin Herbert at a major press conference at the “These
preliminary results demonstrate the importance of the screening program,
given the documented persistent effects on the physical and Major
findings of the preliminary analysis include: · 78% of participating
emergency responders reported at least one WTC-related pulmonary symptom that
first developed or worsened as a result of their WTC-related efforts; 46% of
the sample still experienced at least one pulmonary symptom in the month
before the screening examination. ·
88% reported at least one WTC-related ear, nose or throat (ENT) symptom; 52%
of the sample still experienced at least one ENT symptom in the month before
the screening examination. ·
52% reported mental health symptoms requiring further mental health
evaluation; approximately 1 in 5 of the sample reported symptoms consistent
with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Most
striking is the fact that a large proportion of this sample showed evidence
(either symptoms or abnormal test results) of respiratory disease 10 months
to one year after September 11, 2001. Seventy-three percent of the sample had
either ENT symptoms or abnormal physical examination findings or both.
Similarly, 57% of the “The
high prevalence of pulmonary, ENT and mental health symptoms among WTC-site
workers some 10 months to a year following theSeptember
11 terrorist attacks is alarming,” said Dr. Robin Herbert, who also
serves as Medical Co-Director of the Mount Sinai-IJ Selikoff
Center. “Our preliminary findings clearly demonstrate the need for the “Clearly,
Mount Sinai's findings demonstrate the value of this NIOSH-funded screening
program for identifying, characterizing, and addressing the chronic health
problems experienced by some WTC workers," said NIOSH Director John
Howard, M.D. “The preliminary data also will help inform ongoing
research and recommendations to protect emergency responders and others from
hazards associated with catastrophic incidents.” Data
presented were analyzed on a random sample of 250 WTC Program participants
selected from the first 500 WTC-responders to Only
about one-third of the sample participants had received any prior medical
care for their symptoms and conditions before participating in Further
follow-up of affected workers is also clearly indicated in order to monitor
the chronic nature and severity of these health “In
the wake of the September 11 attacks, tens of thousands of brave men and
women selflessly put themselves in harm’s way to help others. Providing
appropriate screening and follow-up is the very least we can do for
them,” said Dr. Philip Landrigan, Chair of
the Mount Sinai Department of Community and Preventive Medicine. “Every
one of us at The
twelve million dollars in initial federal funding was secured for the one
year screening program through the efforts of Senator Hillary Clinton with
the support of Senator Charles Schumer, WTC
Program services are provided by a consortium of occupational medicine
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