FDNY rescue workers show lasting lung damage from 9/11 World Trade Center dust
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 21:28
in Health & Medicine
A study of nearly 13,000 rescue workers from the Fire Department of the City of New York shows that the significant proportion who suffered acute lung damage after exposure to World Trade Center dust have not recovered normal lung function in the years since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.