«Sweating is not only observed to enhance excretion of the toxic elements of interest in this paper, but also may increase excretion of diverse toxicants, as observed in New
York rescue workers, or in particular persistent flame retardants and bisphenol - A.
Not exact matches
This legislation will provide much - needed funds for medical treatment to the
rescue workers and residents of New
York City who suffered illnesses from breathing in toxic fumes, dust and smoke from Ground Zero.
New
York Governor Andrew Cuomo is extending the deadline for
workers seeking lost wages and medical benefits from their involvement in the
rescue, recovery and cleanup of the September 11 terror attacks.
In the aftermath of 9/11, New
York City fire department
rescue and recovery
workers exposed to the caustic dust at the site experienced high rates of lung injury and excessive loss of lung function.
In September 2006 a report by the World Trade Center
Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program, coordinated by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New
York City, revealed widespread, persistent respiratory illness among
rescue and recovery
workers who were at the site on that fateful day.
(«Chemical Exposures at the World Trade Center: Use of Hubbard Sauna Detoxification Regimen to Improve the Health Status of New
York City
Rescue Workers Exposed to Toxicants»)
«The heroes of this story are people like lawyer Joel Kupferman and industrial hygienist Monona Rossol... each refused to be lulled by the failures of most of the New
York media to report what was actually happening; each helped to pierce the false claims of government officials and to validate the concerns of
rescue workers and ordinary citizens, to confirm to them that they were not imagining their ailments.»
In recent history, the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Disaster, which took place December 26, 2004 and took hundreds of thousands of lives, as well as the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New
York City and WS The Pentagon in Washington DC, may have caused PTSD in many survivors and
rescue workers.