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UrduPolice officers and construction workers who responded on September 11, 2001, to the World Trade Center disaster in New York City and worked in its aftermath had at least twice the risk of developing the precursor for multiple myeloma compared…
Tag: World Trade Center
WORLD-RENOWNED CANCER EXPERT SHARES TROUBLING RESEARCH ON WORLD TRADE CENTER EXPOSURE
Miami, Fla. – September 11, 2001, changed America, and today we are learning more about the long-term health impacts of unprecedented environmental exposure to carcinogens at the World Trade Center disaster site. New research suggests that emergency response and recovery…
Patients With Chronic Illnesses From WTC Exposures More Likely to Suffer “Long-Term” Covid
A study of 1,280 patients treated and monitored at the Stony Brook World Trade Center Health and Wellness Program who also contracted Covid-19 reveals that responders who have suffered from chronic conditions from WTC exposures more often have “Long-Covid” than those responders without chronic illnesses.
Engineering students still learning from collapse of World Trade Center
We study the lessons we learned in terms of the design of structures. The forensic analyses from the World Trade Center are a window to the importance of evaluating all potential modes of failure.
Decades After Toxic Exposure, 9/11 First Responders May Still Lower Their Risk of Lung Injury
Losing weight and treating excess levels of fat in the blood may help prevent lung disease in firefighters exposed to dangerous levels of fine particles from fire, smoke, and toxic chemicals on Sept. 11, 2001, a new study shows.
20th Anniversary of Sept. 11 Attacks: Rutgers Experts Available
Rutgers University–New Brunswick faculty experts are available to discuss repercussions from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks 20 years ago in the United States and around the world. John J. Farmer, Jr. Farmer, former senior counsel and team leader of the…
World Trade Center Responders with the Greatest Exposure to Toxic Dust Have a Higher Likelihood of Liver Disease
Mount Sinai researchers have found evidence for the first time that World Trade Center responders had a higher likelihood of developing liver disease if they arrived at the site right after the attacks as opposed to working at Ground Zero later in the rescue and recovery efforts. Their study links the increase in liver disease risk to the quantity of toxic dust the workers were exposed to, which was greatest immediately after the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Elevated Leukemia Incidence Is Found in World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers
Responders who worked at the World Trade Center site after the attacks on September 11, 2001, have an increased overall cancer incidence compared to the general population, particularly in thyroid cancer, prostate cancer, and, for the first time ever reported, leukemia, according to a Mount Sinai study published in JNCI Cancer Spectrum in January.