Environmental effects of WTC dust document fragment, Sep 2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Hillary calls for WTC air study K Workers and I-' residentshave ddvelopedmany re^iratoiy'; problems since

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Sen. Hillajy Clmton vowed this governmenfri in studying- the air qualityat the,WorldCenter disastef'site'aiidfheheaiaefferfs bn thousands of people Who"haye breathedit. , breathing the air rising from the Clmton said she had discussed Clinton said she had requested a ; debris are still under debate, with the importance of monitoring the ^Senate hearing on the subject, medical experts - disagreeing on health ofrescue workers both with scheduled for Feb. 11 m New the seriousness of exposure to air officials of ^e Environmental York. The. hearing will be led by that may contain possible carcino- ’ Protection Agency and ofr &e Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Con- gens including asbestos and PCBs. United Eirefighters’ Association, necticut, who serves with Clinton oii„ which represents most city fire- on the Environment and PubUc Unfortunate}^ we do not re^ly fighters.-'. JTUUUI. know what our. firefighters, police Works committee. officers, -EMTs and others have Dr. David Prezant, a Fire Since the Sept. 11 terror attacks, been exposed to as a result of their Department lung specialist whQ workers at the trade center and courageous efforts at ground zero,' jomed Clinton at the ifirehou^, neighborhood residents have de- but it is - our responsibility to find said that of the 8,000 people who yeloped respiratory problems, in­ those answers,” Clinton said. have been examined so' far, those cluding the so-called “World who worked at groimd zero in the Trade Center cough” and various Clinton spoke outside a Manhat­ first days after the attacks showed other symptoms from shortness of tan firehouse that lost 11 firefight­ the most serious respiratory breathlo wheezing, she said. ers at the trade center. The symptoms; some are now being department lost a 343 members in treated with; steroids, antibiotics But the long-term effects of the tragedy. • and other medications, he said.

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