New York University School of Medicine Final Progress Report

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• Personal Author:
  Harrison DJ
• Description:
  The NYU/Bellevue World Trade Center Monitoring (WTC) program was established in 2002 to screen and monitor emergency responders who volunteered or came to work as part of the search, rescue and recovery operation after the September 11th tragedy. It is now known that the collapse of the towers resulted in the combustion of more than 90,000 liters of jet fuel. An initial cloud of dust and smoke enveloped the area in all directions. Fires in the 16-acre site continued for more than three months after the event, with a pervasive odor in the surrounding community that was detectable throughout this time. Analyses of the initial settled dusts revealed cement, glass and particulate matter including gypsum (calcium sulfate), calcium carbonate (calcite), cement dust, and glass fibers. The settled dusts were alkaline, with a pH of aqueous suspensions of settled dusts ranging from 9.3 to 11.5. Metals such as chromium, magnesium, manganese, aluminum, barium, titanium and low levels of lead were detected in the dusts. Ferrous and ferric compounds were detected in the area by imaging spectroscopy. Particles were also noted to contain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, and organochlorine pesticides. The health effects of some of these individual substances are known, however, the cumulative health effects of the exposures is difficult to predict. It is, therefore, crucial that we continue to monitor the responders for known or potential health effects from the exposures. Our program will continue to do so under the new World Trade Center Health Program contract. Since the start of the program, specific goals were established to meet the needs of these responders. As of June 30, 2011, our progress in meeting these goals are as follows. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Emergency Responders Environmental Exposure Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Metals Occupational Health Safety September 11 Terrorist Attacks
• Keywords:
  Disaster Clean-up Disaster Recovery Environmental Exposure First Responders Health Effects Medical Monitoring Metallic Dusts Rescue Workers World Trade Center WTC
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Final Cooperative Agreement Report
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055465
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2019-100837
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U10-OH-008223, 2015 Feb; :1-9
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services
• Performing Organization:
  New York University School of Medicine
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040831
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20110630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a417138a5ebb3732e0e3080821a6bc131a5da5983d706386f47a7dca69c7f75279673373f6e54693e79ab70fbd2f387227ca5e0bb395719bad3e5d36b199f31e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218848/cdc_218848_DS1.pdf
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