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New WTC Related Studies and Guidelines
There are many studies available for you to read and share with your doctor. Below, we provide 2, one by the FDNY and the other by Mt Sinai. NYC DOH has also published a "guideline" to WTC illnesses. Please know this document is outdated and very limited in scope. Please provide copies to your doctor or give them this link. If they have any question about an illness they think is related, please have them contact us for assistance. For other studies in regards to specific medical conditions, please see the private bulletin board. We are updating that as often as we come across studies that may connect your illness to WTC. We have members telling us about a new diagnosis all the time and that their Doctor cannot make a connection to WTC. Contact us to see if we can help you make that connection.
We have been working with many physicians that can advise of the trends in the present data.FDNY 6 Year Study NYC DOH Clinical Guidelines Mt Sinai 5 Year Study
http://www.ediafc.org/pdf-files/WTC Investigations.pdf
New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) in cooperation with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is studying deaths among responders, rescue workers, and volunteers to the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster site to determine what health issues have been raised in those deaths. Many of these workers have experienced a variety of physical and mental health problems. The full impact of human exposure to environmental contaminants at the WTC disaster site remains unknown. The Department will use the information gained from this study in a long-term effort to better understand the effects on workers' health.
The WTC Responders Fatality Investigation program will be collecting information on any fatality to a WTC responder or volunteer that has occurred since September 12, 2001 through June 2010. The New York State Department of Health is the data collection center for information on deaths among WTC responders, recovery workers and volunteers. This data collection system will be used to identify and track all fatalities that occur among WTC responders so that science-based investigations of root causes can begin to be explored. All data collected will be kept confidential.
To report a death that has occurred to any responder, rescue or recovery worker, or volunteer, please contact:
New York State Department of Health
Bureau of Occupational Health
547 River Street, Room 230
Troy, New York 12180
1-866-807-2130 (toll-free in NYS) or 518-402-7900 or by email at
WTCFatality@health.state.ny.us
Copies of autopsy results should be sent to the above address
More Studies
More studies are available to members in good standing in the Members Only Area. Please register and log in to review those.