Study: 7 Of 10 WTC Rescuers Suffer Lung Problems

[sabra]

http://kutv.com/topstories/topstories_story_248104809.html

Study: 7 Of 10 WTC Rescuers Suffer Lung Problems

(CBS) NEW YORK Nearly seven out of every 10 World Trade Center rescuers suffered lung problems during or after their work at Ground Zero, and high rates of lung "abnormalities" continued years after the 2001 terrorist attacks, according to a new health study.

Days before the fifth anniversary of the destruction of the 110-story towers, Mount Sinai Medical Center on Tuesday issued the results of the largest study on 9/11-related health effects.

The study focused mostly on the so-called "World Trade Center cough," a phenomenon that was little understood immediately after the attacks, but has become the chief concern of health experts and advocates in the years since.

Findings highlighted by the study include:

-- Almost 70 percent of World Trade Center responders had new or worsened lung symptoms during or after the attacks.
-- Among responders who had no health symptoms before the attacks, 61 percent developed lung symptoms while working on the toxic pile.
-- One-third of those tested had abnormal lung function tests.

[savemefromdumbya]

1. what was in the explosives that brought buildings down

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. pixie dust.

[rocktivity]

3. I moved away from downtown Jersey City the weekend before 9/11

which is just across the Hudson River from the WTC area. My other co-workers who lived in the area couldn't get home for three days. I reached my former landlord about three weeks later and asked how things were going. She said, "Things are pretty much back to normal--EXCEPT FOR THE SMELL."

My oldest nephew worked in the area--he was on sales call in South Jersey that day. Since we were lied to about the air quality when people went back to work, I've warned him to keep a close eye on his health.

:headbang:
rocknation

[w4rma]

4. There were no explosives. This is from asbestos and other wierd chemicals

that went into building the buildings.

[savemefromdumbya]

5. but there were explosives

according to firefighters

[Lisa]

6. and the lime from the concrete dust ...

Very corrosive. Those poor people -- a lot of them will be disabled for the rest of their lives. Imagine not ever being able to take a full breath again.

[w4rma]

7. These folks literally sacrificed themselves and the Bush EPA suppressed

any warnings about these dangers so these folks went in without the proper equipment. And the folks who live(d) and work(ed) in the area also weren't warned.

[Lisa]

8. another kick -- this is a must-read!