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Large Study of World Trade Center Responders Finds Persistent Health Problems in Many
A report on the health effects working in ground zero and related areas after September 11, 2001,
had on nearly 9,500 patients in the WTC Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program was published in the September 2006 issue of
Environmental Health Perspectives.
The findings are based upon medical examinations performed between July 2002 and April 2004 on 9,500
WTC responders. These responders were a highly diverse group and included members of the building trades, law enforcement officers,
firefighters, utilities and telecommunications workers, transit workers, and many others. All received a comprehensive examination that
included complete physical examination, mental health evaluation, pulmonary function tests, chest x-ray, blood tests and urinalysis.
Overall, the monitoring program examined close to 12,000 responders during the 21-month period covered by the study; 9,500 of whom
agreed to allow their results to be used in this report.
MMWR Reports Showing Persistent Health Effects Among WTC Responders
Two analyses of
1,138 participants in the World Trade Center Worker and
Volunteer Medical Screening Program were released September 9, 2004,
in Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report. These reports show that workers and volunteers who were engaged in the rescue, recovery,
and clean-up efforts following the 9/11/2001 attacks have been found to have high rates of persistent symptoms associated with their WTC exposures.
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