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Report: WTC responders have higher asthma rate


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August 28, 2007

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Report: WTC responders have higher asthma rate

Chicago Tribune

NEW YORK — A city Health Department survey has found that World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers have 12 times the normal rate of new asthma cases.

The survey's results, released Monday, also indicate that respirators reduced the risk of developing asthma. The study sheds new light on the health effects of exposure to dust and debris among workers who responded to the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

The data, drawn from the World Trade Center Health Registry, show that 3.6 percent of the 25,000 rescue and recovery workers enrolled in the registry reported developing asthma after working at the site.

The paper was published online Monday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.

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