Ground Zero Workers Report 12 Times Normal Asthma Rate
Environment News Service, August, 2007 by staff"
NEW YORK, New York (ENS) — --> Twelve times as many rescue and recovery workers developed asthma after responding to the World Trade Center disaster on September 11, 2001 than would be normally expected for the adult population, finds a new study released Monday by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
The data, drawn from the World Trade Center Health Registry, show that 3.6 percent of the 25,000 rescue and recovery workers enrolled in the Registry report developing asthma since they were exposed to dust and debris at Ground Zero.
"The dust from the World Trade Center collapse appears to have had significant respiratory health effects at least for people who worked at the site," said New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Frieden....
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