Lower Manhattan health and safety web page content draft, 2002

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

• World Trade Center Health Registry The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is creating a registry to track the health status and demographics of about 200,000 residents, employees, volunteers, or WTC site workers who may have been exposed to contaminants at the World Trade Center site.

The registiy will be available in fall 2002. For more information, contact ATSDR at 1-888-422-8737 or e-mail [email protected].

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For information on the health registry for people who may have been exposed to substances emanating from the collapse of the World Trade Center, e-mail the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry or call 1-888-422-8737.

For additional information about the potential long-term effects on workers’ health, e- mail the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

For general public health information and information relating to 9-11, e-mail the New York Department of Health.

For Medicare, Medicaid, and other eligible beneficiaries living in Lower Manhattan who are having trouble getting their usual health care and social services for daily living needs, please call the Medicare, Medicaid and Child Health Plus 24-hour Emergency Hotline at 1-800-331-7767 (translators available). Parents enrolled in Child Health Plus can also call this hotline for questions about their health care needs.

For information and registration for The World Trade Center Worker & Volunteer Medical Screen Program, please call the WTC Medical Screening Hotline at 1-888- 702-0630.

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