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FDNY union demands answers on sudden city discovery of 68 boxes of 9/11 toxin docs
The union representing FDNY firefighters is demanding answers after City Hall officials discovered 68 boxes of information on the dangers of Sept. 11 toxins despite claiming for years they couldn’t find any records on what authorities knew about Ground Zero health hazards.
NYC long claimed it had no info on the 9/11 toxins at Ground Zero. Now they have 68 boxes worth.
The materials, ironically, included a directive from the city Law Department written two decades ago ordering the agency to save and preserve any information about the terror attacks.
Posttraumatic stress disorder, major depression, and mild cognitive impairment: A cohort study of world trade center responders
Over 20 years after the precipitating trauma, PTSD, MDE, and their comorbidity accounted for a meaningful share of MCI cases, although most cases (>85 %) were not attributable to these disorders.
The Air That We Breathed: 9/11 Exposure Linked to Threefold Increase in Lung Cancer Risk
While lung cancer is covered by both the World Trade Center Health Program and the Victim Compensation Fund, no previous study has succeeded in quantifying the level of increased risk.
Lung Cancer Risk Varies Among 9/11 Responders
The risk of lung cancer varies among responders involved in rescue and recovery after the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.
Kevin Reilly, retired FDNY 9/11 responder from Staten Island, dies at 67
Born and raised on Staten Island, Reilly spent his life deeply connected to the same close-knit community that shaped him.
Working Under RFK Jr. at the CDC Is a Living Hell
It’s all part of what CDC staffers describe as the Trump administration’s bid to “rebuild” the agency into something less about science and more about Kennedy’s personal agenda, which seems founded in large part on a grudge against the agency.
Reduced gray-white contrast in chronic post-traumatic stress disorder in World Trade Center responders
Results support emerging research suggesting that PTSD is associated with changes to intracortical health.
The Lasting Cost of 9/11: Decades Later, First Responders Still Fight for Care
It’s been 24 years since the September 11th attacks, but for many of the first responders who rushed to Ground Zero, the fight is far from over.
Advanced Stage IVb Classical Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in a 9/11 First Responder: The Persistent Health Risks and Impact of Environmental Exposures
This case report details the clinical journey of a first responder from the events of 9/11 who presented with significant B symptoms and right hip pain, ultimately diagnosed with stage IVb classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma with extensive metastasis.