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Doc running WTC program rules out cancer for now, but wisely leaves door open for scientific proof
Doc running WTC program rules out cancer for now, but wisely leaves door open for scientific proof
The results of the government’s first review of a possible link between exposure to toxins at the World Trade Center site and cancer have understandably raised ire among sick and desperate first responders. But the finding – that there isn’t enough proof yet to justify the new 9/11 compensation fund covering cancer cases – was the only responsible conclusion.
Report: Not enough evidence to link 9/11 to cancer
Under the new James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, the administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program must periodically review whether cancer can be linked to the 9/11 attacks or cleanup.
9/11 Health Czar Says Science Fails To Link Cancer To Ground Zero Toxins
Veterans of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and cleanup who are stricken with cancer had their hopes dashed Tuesday — at least temporarily — of having their illness included among those eligible for help from the government.
WTC fund Master Sheila Birnbaum has to make sure 9/11 Fund is not in business of endorsing law firms
The law firm that cleaned up big time in the World Trade Center litigation will stop at nothing to try to sink its claws into the newly reopened 9/11 victims compensation fund.
9/11 survivors anxious for compensation via Zadroaga Act
Forty-seven-year-old Ken George, a 9/11 first responder, is too sick to work due to his exposure to Ground Zero toxins.
9/11 Health Care Law Takes Effect
For almost 10 years, people who say they were sickened by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 and their aftermath have relied on a patchwork of short-term federal, city and private money for their health care.
Meet the Woman Who Will Decide the Financial Fate of Many WTC Claimants
Robert Joseph, a former NYPD officer, has braces on both knees and gout in almost every joint in his body. “The only place I don’t have it yet is my neck and my back,” the 39-year-old said. “Thank God.”
New 9/11 Fund May Not Pay to Treat Mental Illnesses
New rules proposed for a fund for those sickened by exposure to the Ground Zero site would cover claims from a wider area of Lower Manhattan, but it would not pay money to those claiming mental problems as as a result of the terror attacks.
Expanded Boundaries Likely to Make More Eligible for 9/11 Compensation
The special master in charge of a fund for people suffering lingering health effects from the Sept. 11 attack proposed on Tuesday to greatly expand the area of Lower Manhattan it covers, potentially increasing the number of residents, workers, students and passers-by who would be eligible for federal compensation.
Eric Holder Names Class Action Lawyer To Run 9/11 Fund
Attorney General Eric Holder named a veteran New York lawyer to head the new 9/11 victims’ fund, passing up another choice that was more popular with the 9/11 community.