Health Effects of 9/11 Terror Attacks Continue to Grow

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• Personal Author:
  Arie S
• Description:
  Some 15 years after the terrorist attack on New York on 11 September 2001, at least 1000 people, including many emergency responders, are known to have died from illnesses related to their exposure to toxic dust, and 37 000 people are officially recognised as sick. In the next five years, the death toll from health problems related to the New York attacks is likely to exceed the 2753 deaths on the day that two hijacked passenger jets were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, according to Jim Melius, a doctor who also advises the White House on worker health and chairs the steering committee overseeing the US government's health programme for 9/11 responders. "There are a lot of people who are very, very ill with lung disease who will see at least 10 years taken from their normal life span," he told the Guardian. "We are already seeing many more premature deaths occurring, and among younger people, from the cancers." The dust and debris around the World Trade Center contained asbestos, lead, glass, heavy metals, concrete, and poisonous gases as well as exploding jet fuel and fragments of dead bodies. The World Trade Center Health Program provides monitoring and treatment for a list of conditions that are officially recognised as 9/11 related, including airway and digestive disorders, mental health conditions, musculoskeletal disorders, and cancers ( www.cdc.gov/wtc/conditions.html ). This year, Christine Todd Whitman, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency in 2001, admitted for the first time that she was wrong to assure people after the attack that the air was safe. "We did the very best we could at the time with the knowledge we had," she said. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Dust Emergency Responders Environmental Exposure Glass Hazardous Substances Inorganic Chemicals Lead Lung Lung Diseases Mental Health Metals Morbidity Mortality Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Neoplasms Nervous System Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety September 11 Terrorist Attacks

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• Keywords:
  Asbestos Dust Cancer Concretes Digestive System Dust Exposure Dusts Emergency Responders Environmental Exposure Exposure Levels Fatalities Glass Products Health Effects Jet Engine Fuels Lead Dust Lung Disease Lung Disorders Mental Health Metal Compounds Metal Dusts Metallic Compounds Metallic Dusts Monitoring Systems Morbidity Rates Mortality Rates MSD Musculoskeletal System Disorders Poison Gases Psychological Disorders Psychological Effects Psychology Pulmonary Effects Pulmonary System Disorders Respiratory System Disorders Risk Factors Terrorism Toxic Effects Toxins World Trade Center WTC

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• ISSN:
  0959-8138
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  354
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050808
• Citation:
  BMJ 2016 Sep; 354:i4979
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  NYC Health + Hospitals Corporation (HHC)
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20110929
• Source Full Name:
  BMJ: British Medical Journal
• End Date:
  20170331
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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