WTC HEALTH SURVEY REVEALS PSYCH TOLL

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WTC HEALTH SURVEY REVEALS PSYCH TOLL

By FRANKIE EDOZIEN

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November 23, 2004 -- The first findings from a massive collection of health

data at Ground Zero were made public yesterday, showing that residents and

emergency workers have more psychological problems than average New Yorkers,

as well as persistent cough and respiratory ailments.

Eight percent of the 57,000 participants in the World Trade Center health

registry who were questioned reported a serious mental problem after 9/11.

The citywide average for such problems is 5 percent, officials noted.

The registry comprises a total of 70,000 individuals, including downtown

residents, those present when the Twin Towers collapsed and emergency

responders.

The survey also found:

* 47 percent had sinus problems.

* 42 percent had shortness of breath.

* 37 percent had persistent cough.

* 38 percent had wheezing and throat irritation.

" What this shows is that tens of thousands of people had significant lung

problems from the time of exposure, " city Health Commissioner Dr.

Frieden said in releasing the data.

Under the registry program, participants are periodically questioned about

their health. In the future, they may be given medical exams as well.

Officials hope to track enrollees for as long as 20 years.

Fire Commissioner Scoppetta, who himself is enrolled in the study,

called the registry — the largest of its kind in the world — an " enormously

important study. "

" Thousands of our people came down with [WTC cough], " Scoppetta said.

" Happily, most of the firefighters had their symptoms ameliorated. "

The preliminary data from the health registry, which will be updated

quarterly, also found that of people who were below Chambers Street when the

Twin Towers fell, 48 percent reported some sort of injury. The most common

was eye irritation.

Frieden said it was too early to draw conclusions from the registry.

" Only the long-term evaluation is going to give us the long-term safety or

lack of safety of the exposure to toxic fumes, " Frieden said. " This is

really just the beginning. "

Meanwhile, Gov. Pataki yesterday announced the creation of a construction

command center to coordinate the massive building effort under way at Ground

Zero.

The new agency will oversee the work of city and state agencies and the

private sector while ensuring the quality of life for residents and visitors

during the next few years of construction, Pataki said.

The governor also announced that the four living former presidents — Gerald

Ford, Jimmy , H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton — will serve as

honorary members of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation board.

By year's end, Pataki said work on three transportation projects will have

begun, and the schematic design for the memorial should be compete.

Steel for the new Freedom Tower is expected to be delivered in the spring,

and a summer groundbreaking is scheduled for the site's expanded

transportation hub that will eventually link lower Manhattan by rail with

Long Island and F. Kennedy International Airport.

Additional reporting by Leonard Greene

[Guest guest]

It's so funny to me, the solution to most all of the problems

mentioned have been given to New York by Tom Cruise in the form

of the Purification Rundown which he personally financed

and then he did a fund raiser to enlarge the operation as

it is really bringing people back to health. Even McCartney

gave to this cause. No mention of it here of course, it works to

well, it might get people to thinking about toxins in the body and

who knows, people might not want all the drugs anymore and

then people would be healthy and profits might go down.

Heaven forbid.

http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/34885.htm

WTC HEALTH SURVEY REVEALS PSYCH TOLL

By FRANKIE EDOZIEN

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November 23, 2004 -- The first findings from a massive collection of health

data at Ground Zero were made public yesterday, showing that residents and

emergency workers have more psychological problems than average New Yorkers,

as well as persistent cough and respiratory ailments.

Eight percent of the 57,000 participants in the World Trade Center health

registry who were questioned reported a serious mental problem after 9/11.

The citywide average for such problems is 5 percent, officials noted.

The registry comprises a total of 70,000 individuals, including downtown

residents, those present when the Twin Towers collapsed and emergency

responders.

The survey also found:

* 47 percent had sinus problems.

* 42 percent had shortness of breath.

* 37 percent had persistent cough.

* 38 percent had wheezing and throat irritation.

" What this shows is that tens of thousands of people had significant lung

problems from the time of exposure, " city Health Commissioner Dr.

Frieden said in releasing the data.

Under the registry program, participants are periodically questioned about

their health. In the future, they may be given medical exams as well.

Officials hope to track enrollees for as long as 20 years.

Fire Commissioner Scoppetta, who himself is enrolled in the study,

called the registry - the largest of its kind in the world - an " enormously

important study. "

" Thousands of our people came down with [WTC cough], " Scoppetta said.

" Happily, most of the firefighters had their symptoms ameliorated. "

The preliminary data from the health registry, which will be updated

quarterly, also found that of people who were below Chambers Street when the

Twin Towers fell, 48 percent reported some sort of injury. The most common

was eye irritation.

Frieden said it was too early to draw conclusions from the registry.

" Only the long-term evaluation is going to give us the long-term safety or

lack of safety of the exposure to toxic fumes, " Frieden said. " This is

really just the beginning. "

Meanwhile, Gov. Pataki yesterday announced the creation of a construction

command center to coordinate the massive building effort under way at Ground

Zero.

The new agency will oversee the work of city and state agencies and the

private sector while ensuring the quality of life for residents and visitors

during the next few years of construction, Pataki said.

The governor also announced that the four living former presidents - Gerald

Ford, Jimmy , H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton - will serve as

honorary members of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation board.

By year's end, Pataki said work on three transportation projects will have

begun, and the schematic design for the memorial should be compete.

Steel for the new Freedom Tower is expected to be delivered in the spring,

and a summer groundbreaking is scheduled for the site's expanded

transportation hub that will eventually link lower Manhattan by rail with

Long Island and F. Kennedy International Airport.

Additional reporting by Leonard Greene

[Guest guest]

It's so funny to me, the solution to most all of the problems

mentioned have been given to New York by Tom Cruise in the form

of the Purification Rundown which he personally financed

and then he did a fund raiser to enlarge the operation as

it is really bringing people back to health. Even McCartney

gave to this cause. No mention of it here of course, it works to

well, it might get people to thinking about toxins in the body and

who knows, people might not want all the drugs anymore and

then people would be healthy and profits might go down.

Heaven forbid.

http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/34885.htm

WTC HEALTH SURVEY REVEALS PSYCH TOLL

By FRANKIE EDOZIEN

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

----

November 23, 2004 -- The first findings from a massive collection of health

data at Ground Zero were made public yesterday, showing that residents and

emergency workers have more psychological problems than average New Yorkers,

as well as persistent cough and respiratory ailments.

Eight percent of the 57,000 participants in the World Trade Center health

registry who were questioned reported a serious mental problem after 9/11.

The citywide average for such problems is 5 percent, officials noted.

The registry comprises a total of 70,000 individuals, including downtown

residents, those present when the Twin Towers collapsed and emergency

responders.

The survey also found:

* 47 percent had sinus problems.

* 42 percent had shortness of breath.

* 37 percent had persistent cough.

* 38 percent had wheezing and throat irritation.

" What this shows is that tens of thousands of people had significant lung

problems from the time of exposure, " city Health Commissioner Dr.

Frieden said in releasing the data.

Under the registry program, participants are periodically questioned about

their health. In the future, they may be given medical exams as well.

Officials hope to track enrollees for as long as 20 years.

Fire Commissioner Scoppetta, who himself is enrolled in the study,

called the registry - the largest of its kind in the world - an " enormously

important study. "

" Thousands of our people came down with [WTC cough], " Scoppetta said.

" Happily, most of the firefighters had their symptoms ameliorated. "

The preliminary data from the health registry, which will be updated

quarterly, also found that of people who were below Chambers Street when the

Twin Towers fell, 48 percent reported some sort of injury. The most common

was eye irritation.

Frieden said it was too early to draw conclusions from the registry.

" Only the long-term evaluation is going to give us the long-term safety or

lack of safety of the exposure to toxic fumes, " Frieden said. " This is

really just the beginning. "

Meanwhile, Gov. Pataki yesterday announced the creation of a construction

command center to coordinate the massive building effort under way at Ground

Zero.

The new agency will oversee the work of city and state agencies and the

private sector while ensuring the quality of life for residents and visitors

during the next few years of construction, Pataki said.

The governor also announced that the four living former presidents - Gerald

Ford, Jimmy , H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton - will serve as

honorary members of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation board.

By year's end, Pataki said work on three transportation projects will have

begun, and the schematic design for the memorial should be compete.

Steel for the new Freedom Tower is expected to be delivered in the spring,

and a summer groundbreaking is scheduled for the site's expanded

transportation hub that will eventually link lower Manhattan by rail with

Long Island and F. Kennedy International Airport.

Additional reporting by Leonard Greene