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Study Finds High Ground Zero Stress
A new study by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine suggests that the percentage of ground zero workers who suffered post-traumatic stress is roughly the same as for airline crash recovery workers and returning Afghanistan war veterans.
360 post-9/11 workers have died, including 80 of cancer, says state
More than 360 workers who dealt with the aftermath of the World Trade Center disaster have died, state health officials said Wednesday.
Judge Dismisses 9/11 Suit Against Former Head of E.P.A.
A federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit against Christie Whitman on Tuesday, ruling that Mrs. Whitman, the former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, could not be held liable for telling residents, students and office workers that the air was safe to breathe after the terrorist attack in 2001.
9/11 Lawyer Made Name in Lawsuit on Diet Pills
In the years since the 9/11 attack, more than 9,000 ground zero workers have sued New York City, saying it failed to protect them from the toxic dust at the site that they say made them sick.
Appeal Allows Lawsuits by Ground Zero Workers
A federal appeals court’s ruling appears to have cleared the way for thousands of lawsuits filed against New York City and its contractors by ground zero workers to move closer to trial or settlement.
CDC to fund treatment and yearly checkups for 9/11 responders
The federal government is planning a new health program for 9/11 responders who live outside the New York area. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to fund treatment and yearly checkups for people who got sick after working at Ground Zero, according to a government Web site
At the Site of Disaster, Dust and Dismay
RETURNING in the evening to his loft on Murray Street in Lower Manhattan, Dr. Nathaniel Hupert, inspecting the paws of his Australian shepherd, often finds them coated in black dirt and dust.
For Engineer, a Cloud of Litigation After 9/11
To hear Ramon Gilsanz speak — voice calm and measured, even on a day when travel plans are tied in a knot by a snowstorm — you would never guess that he is being sued by thousands of people.
Study Finds Prior Trauma Raised Children’s 9/11 Risk
Preschoolers who witnessed the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center or saw its victims were at high risk of developing lingering emotional and behavior problems if — but only if — they had had a previous frightening experience, like seeing a parent fall ill, researchers are reporting Tuesday.
Gutless wonder
The Bush administration’s top health official didn’t have the guts yesterday to come to New York and face sickened Ground Zero rescue and recovery workers at a congressional hearing