Has 9/11 had a negative effect on your health when you helped to clean up & rescue and how?

Answer 1

there was just a report about this on the news. apparently yes

http://www.hhs.gov/asl/testify/t040908b.html

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Ongoing health issues have topped the list of concerns associated with 9/11. Five years later, many are still sick and some are getting worse. NY1 Health & Fitness reporter Kafi Drexel has the recap and look ahead.

More than 40,000 people were involved in rescue and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center. Additionally, thousands of residents would return to dust covered apartments.

It wasn't long before signs of serious, possible long-term health affects, began to surface. For responders it became known as "World Trade Center cough". On the first anniversary of the attacks, a survey from local and federal health officials showed asthma rates up in the city since 9/11, and symptoms worsening.

Despite the fact, that the collapse of the World Trade Center released thousands of tons of toxic chemicals and dust, the EPA assured New Yorkers air quality was safe.

But in the summer of 2003, the agency's own inspector general said there were serious lapses in monitoring and clean-up efforts.

In subsequent years, study after study has shown health issues to be more persistent and serious. In 2004, the first survey from the city and federal World Trade Center registry of more than 70,000 responders, residents, and downtown workers showed ongoing respiratory problems and mental health distress.

Earlier this year, a coroner's report officially linked the death of Detective James Zadroga who passed away from chronic lung disease with World Trade Center dust exposure.

Nearly 8,000 responders and workers with health issues ranging from blood cancers, to leukemia, and kidney failure have joined a class action lawsuit against the city claiming it was 9/11 clean-up efforts that made them sick, saying officials didn't do enough to protect them.

A study out this summer from FDNY doctors showed responders suffered a loss of lung capacity equal to 12 years of age-related decline in the first year after the attacks.

The latest study just released from Mount Sinai's World Trade Center Medical Monitoring program says rescue workers continue to suffer high rates of lung abnormalities, twice the rate of the general population. They'll soon start to investigate cancers and other chronic diseases that could be related to trade center exposure.

In February, President George W. Bush appointed Dr. John Howard, the head of the National Institute for Occupation Safety and Health as 9/11 Health coordinator. But without a full staff and no budget to address ongoing health issues his resources to do much have been limited.

And under mounting pressure, in August, Governor Pataki signed three pieces of legislation extending the rights of clean-up workers to compensation and medical treatment.

Last week, New York City's health department released guidelines for doctors and primary care physicians around the city to help screen and treat patients who may be sick due to 9/11 exposure.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's also has announced a city-wide plan to address ongoing health issues.

But so many have already said it's been too little too late. Responders, downtown residents, and activists say they want to see a lot more out of our elected officials.

– Kafi Drexel
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/Living/health.jsp

Answer 2

that's been 5 years in view that that day are you able to please go away it on my own reason the individuals who lived it have a reminder each and every 9/11 they don't desire some thing else human beings bringing it up some thing else of the 364 days

Answer 3

it's been 5 years since that day can you please leave it alone cause the people who lived it have a reminder every 9/11 they don't need the rest of us bringing it up the rest of the 364 days