News Items (5/9/24)
ARNOLD KOROTKIN
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Below are summaries with URLs to news articles on the effort to ensure that the World Trade Center Health Program is fully funded. An archive of past articles year by year can by found on the Citizens for the Extension of the James Zadroga Inc. website here. May 1, 2024 — World Trade Center Health Program — Youth Research Cohort Update: The World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program’s Youth Research Cohort Will Include Individuals Who Were in Utero at the Time of Their 9/11 Exposures The WTC Health Program is incorporating this change into Youth Research Cohort program materials. April 30, 2024 — Physicians Weekly — Analyzing World Trade Center Ground Zero Workers and Systemic Sclerosis Researchers conducted a retrospective study to describe the features of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) exposed to WTC. April 20, 2024 — NY Daily News — After being snubbed by city, attorneys plan to sue for docs on 9/11 toxins Several lead city agencies in the city’s investigation of Ground Zero air quality have denied attorneys Andrew Carboy and Matthew McCauley’s Freedom of Information Law requests for the information. April 11, 2024 — New York Times — The Man Who Kept The Times’s Lights On After the Sept. 11 attacks, Mr. Dimmock’s union assigned him to work at ground zero, where he climbed through rubble and smoldering ash. The ruins were so hot that the rubber from his shoes melted. April 9, 2024 — Rep. Jerry Nadler — Nadler and Goldman Call on NYC Mayor Eric Adams to Release Giuliani Administration Records on the City’s Knowledge of the Scope of the Health Threats to 9/11 Responders and Survivors “Countless first responders continue to deal with the health impacts of the toxins that were in the air. The City dishonors these men and women, many now dead, by refusing to open its 9/11 files.” March 27, 2024 — PIX11 News — Doctor uses advanced tech to detect 9/11-related cancers A Manhattan doctor uses state-of-the-art technology to help early detection of cancers in firefighters and others. March 26, 2024 — Asbury Park Press — 9/11 fatally poisoned firefighter from Ocean Township, but he battled for 23 more years The 62-year-old Ocean Township resident died Saturday after battling pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, and several other illnesses directly related to the post-9/11 cleanup. March 22, 2024 — Patch (Sachem, NY) — LI Blood Drive Honors 9/11 Cancer Victim Cop, ‘Dedicated Family Man’ The 36-year Farmingville resident was a consistent blood and plasma donor, understanding the importance of giving back to the community. March 22, 2024 — CBS News — Remembering Capt. Randy Gross: One of an ever growing list of firefighters lost to cancer Gross died of job-related cancer on March 17 after serving with the Sacramento Metro Fire Department for nearly three decades. He leaves behind a loving wife, Donna, and four children. |
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