Rescue and Recovery Effort After the September 11, 2001 Attacks 24
Rescue and Recovery Effort After the September 11, 2001 Attacks 24 : handling of cleanup Procedure: (1) Health Effects From Responders' Exposure To Toxins: See also: Health effects arising from the September 11 attacks There were many health problems caused by the toxins. 99% of exposed firefighters reported at least one new respitory problem while working at the trade center site that they had not experienced before. Chronic airway disease is the main lung injury among firefighters who were exposed to toxins during 9/11. six years after the attacks, among those who never smoked, approximately 13% of firefighters and 22% of EMS had lungs that did not functional as well as others around the same age. Steep declines in pulmonary lung function has been a problem since first detected among firefighters and EMS within a year of 9/11 have persisted. Increasing numbers of Ground Zero workers are getting illnesses, such as cancer. Between September 11, 2001 through 2008, there were 263 new cases new cases of cancer found in 8,927 male firefighter who responded to 9/11 attacks. This number is 25 more than what is expected from men from a similar age group and race. There is a 19% increase in cancer overall, between friefighters who responded to the attacks and those who were not exposed to toxins from responding to the attacks on September 11. On January 30, 2007, Ground Zero workers and groups such as Sierra Club and Unsung Heroes Helping Heroes met at the Ground Zero site and urged PresidentGeorge Bush to spend more money on aid for sick Ground Zero workers
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