Study Finds Long Lasting 9/11 Lung Trouble

[sabra]

Source: CBS News/AP

Research Shows First Responders To WTC Site Still Had Breathing Problems 5 Years Later

(AP) Researchers tracking Sept. 11 responders who became ill after working at the World Trade Center site found many had lung problems more than five years later in a study experts said proves persistent illness in people exposed to toxic dust caused by the twin towers' collapse.

The study by the Mount Sinai Medical Center's medical monitoring program examined more than 3,000 responders between 2004 and 2007, repeating exams conducted between the middle of 2002 and 2004.

Slightly more than 24 percent of the patients had abnormal lung function, the study found. In the earlier examinations, about 28 percent of the patients had similar results.

"We know people we are following are still sick. It's confirming what we've been seeing clinically," said Dr. Jacqueline M. Moline, who treats ailing responders and co-authored the study.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/05/health/main4776985.shtml?tag=topHome;topStories

[Ian David]

1. The Bush Administration will be felt for decades to come. n/t

[Captain Hilts]

2. But the Bush Admin and Christie Tood Whitman said it was "okay" to breathe! nt

[NJmaverick]

3. These numbers are not much different, than what you find if you test other groups of fire fighters

http://meeting.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/abstract/134/4/s6002

Moreover spirometry was abnormal in 26%. pO2 in 34% and HbO2 in 23% of the participants.

[pjt7]

4. H.R. 847 the 9.11 health & compensation

bill, just got re-introduced & is collecting co-sponsors.

PlEASE help out & call you're congressmen & Senators.