New Study Demonstrates Need to Continue Tracking 9/11-Related Health Effects Among Children

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According to the new study, half of the 3,100 children enrolled in the WTC Health Registry developed at least one new or worsened respiratory symptom, such as a cough, between the collapse of the towers and the time of the 2003-2004 survey. Prior to the 9/ 11 attacks, asthma rates among child enrollees were on par with national and regional rates, but at the time of the interview, about 6% of enrolled children had received a new asthma diagnosis. Children exposed to the dust cloud following the collapse of the WTC were twice as likely to be diagnosed with asthma as those not caught in the dust cloud, the survey found. In addition, the post-9/11 asthma rate among children under five years old may be as much as twice the rate for the same age group in the Northeastern U.S.

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New Study Demonstrates Need to Continue Tracking 9/11-Related Health Effects Among Children

The June issue of Environmental Health Perspectives includes a new study based on World Trade Center (WTC) Health Registry data that...

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