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Volume 356:2233-2236 May 31, 2007 Number 22
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The Legacy of World Trade Center Dust
Jonathan M. Samet, M.D., Alison S. Geyh, Ph.D., and Mark J. Utell, M.D.

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More than 5 years after the World Trade Center disaster on September 11, 2001, uncertainty and controversy remain about the health risks posed by inhaling the dust from the collapse of the twin towers, the subsequent fires, and the cleanup effort. In addition to the matter of the immediate and persistent respiratory effects on "first responders," occupants of the towers, cleanup workers, and neighborhood residents, concern has arisen about longer-term risks, including the risk of cancer. The level of concern with regard to the respiratory effects of the disaster may well be compounded by the psychological consequences. Already, some responders . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Dr. Samet is a professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology, and Dr. Geyh is an assistant professor of environmental health sciences, at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore. Dr. Utell is a professor of medicine and environmental medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY.

An interview with Dr. Robin Herbert, codirector of the World Trade Center Medical Monitoring Program at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, can be heard at www.nejm.org.



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