• Clean or change' filter frequently.
• Mop instead, of dry sweep
Says that pregnant women and young children do not need to take additional precautions.
New York State Department.of Health
• $$.5 million allocated for asthma initiative. Initiatives will be designed to address any
potential respiratory impacts of the WTC tragedy. Initiative to include:
o Disease surveillance
o Environmental monitoring (data to be linked to ER visits, hospitalizations
among residents of the WTC-impacted areas
• Issued respiratory disease symptoms fact sheet for general public.
• Recommends measures to prevent dust from entering house (similar to NYC DOH
recotn.mendations).
• Recommends that people with asthma, other lung conditions, and heart disease see their
healthcare provider.
• Statemeats:
o . People will probably not have long-terxn health effects because exposure will be
for only a short period of time.
o Studies have shown that people who suffered long-term health effects from
breathing smoke or dust had been exposed for years.
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NYC-WTC_000131058Source: NYC Law Department, mirrored locally