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disneydream06It annoys me beyond belief that, as the country spends 2 or 3 weeks mourning the rememberance of the Sept 11th attack, that those really effected are being told to get lost.
Cancer-Stricken 9/11 Firefighters Denied Health Care Coverage
by Judy M
This is a heartbreaking and infuriating story. You read it right: 9/11 firefighters suffering from cancer will not receive health benefits under the Zadroga bill.
Last January, President Obama signed into law the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, putting in place a $4.3 billion commitment to help ailing 9/11 responders and volunteers. Over 50,000 workers responded to the incident as they rescued survivors, recovered victims and cleaned or cleared the site and surrounding buildings.
A Bittersweet Battle And A Bittersweet Victory
From The New York Daily News:
“It was a bittersweet battle and this is a bittersweet victory,” said Joseph Zadroga, the father of James Zadroga, an NYPD detective who died of 9/11-related illnesses.
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Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan), one of the main House sponsors of the bill with Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-Manhattan) and Peter King (R-L.I.), called the signing “a wonderful victory for 9/11 responders and survivors who have been waiting for help for nine long years.”
The bill “will save lives and meet our moral obligation to help those who rise to the defense of America in a time of war,” Maloney said.
A review of the limited evidence by John Howard of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in July led to the decision to initially exclude cancer from the Zadroga Act’s list of covered conditions.
But now, according to a new study conducted by the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) and published in The Lancet, firefighters who responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, selflessly exposing themselves to the toxic dust that clouded Ground Zero, were 19 percent more likely to develop cancer over the subsequent seven years compared to their unexposed colleagues.
Among 900 Firefighters Studies Who Were Exposed, 263 Developed Cancer; Why Are They Not Covered?
From Huffington Post:
The findings from the largest post-9/11 study of cancer don’t come as news to many people who have been closely following the issue, including Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), who co-sponsored the Zadroga Act. “Sadly, I’m not surprised by the Lancet study,” Rep. Maloney told The Huffington Post in an email. “The doctors who have been treating 9/11 responders and survivors have told me for years that they expect to see cancers caused by Ground Zero toxins.”
(….)
Collaborating with colleagues from New York City’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, FDNY researchers looked to a much larger source of data: nearly 10,000 male firefighters, all with health records dating back to well before September 11, 2001.
Among the 90 percent of the firefighters studied who were exposed, a total of 263 developed cancer.
The Numbers Could Be Even Greater
The researchers emphasized that many cancers, including mesothelioma and other malignancies related to the known toxins found at Ground Zero, can take decades to develop. And of course, the study already misses three years worth of cases that may have developed since 2008.
If we want to be worthy of the tear-filled tributes that will mark the 10th anniversary of this horrific day, we must do nothing less than provide complete health care coverage for all those firefighters who risked their lives on 9/11.
Cancer-Stricken 9/11 Firefighters Denied Health Care Coverage
by Judy M
This is a heartbreaking and infuriating story. You read it right: 9/11 firefighters suffering from cancer will not receive health benefits under the Zadroga bill.
Last January, President Obama signed into law the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, putting in place a $4.3 billion commitment to help ailing 9/11 responders and volunteers. Over 50,000 workers responded to the incident as they rescued survivors, recovered victims and cleaned or cleared the site and surrounding buildings.
A Bittersweet Battle And A Bittersweet Victory
From The New York Daily News:
“It was a bittersweet battle and this is a bittersweet victory,” said Joseph Zadroga, the father of James Zadroga, an NYPD detective who died of 9/11-related illnesses.
(….)
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan), one of the main House sponsors of the bill with Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-Manhattan) and Peter King (R-L.I.), called the signing “a wonderful victory for 9/11 responders and survivors who have been waiting for help for nine long years.”
The bill “will save lives and meet our moral obligation to help those who rise to the defense of America in a time of war,” Maloney said.
A review of the limited evidence by John Howard of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in July led to the decision to initially exclude cancer from the Zadroga Act’s list of covered conditions.
But now, according to a new study conducted by the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) and published in The Lancet, firefighters who responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, selflessly exposing themselves to the toxic dust that clouded Ground Zero, were 19 percent more likely to develop cancer over the subsequent seven years compared to their unexposed colleagues.
Among 900 Firefighters Studies Who Were Exposed, 263 Developed Cancer; Why Are They Not Covered?
From Huffington Post:
The findings from the largest post-9/11 study of cancer don’t come as news to many people who have been closely following the issue, including Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), who co-sponsored the Zadroga Act. “Sadly, I’m not surprised by the Lancet study,” Rep. Maloney told The Huffington Post in an email. “The doctors who have been treating 9/11 responders and survivors have told me for years that they expect to see cancers caused by Ground Zero toxins.”
(….)
Collaborating with colleagues from New York City’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, FDNY researchers looked to a much larger source of data: nearly 10,000 male firefighters, all with health records dating back to well before September 11, 2001.
Among the 90 percent of the firefighters studied who were exposed, a total of 263 developed cancer.
The Numbers Could Be Even Greater
The researchers emphasized that many cancers, including mesothelioma and other malignancies related to the known toxins found at Ground Zero, can take decades to develop. And of course, the study already misses three years worth of cases that may have developed since 2008.
If we want to be worthy of the tear-filled tributes that will mark the 10th anniversary of this horrific day, we must do nothing less than provide complete health care coverage for all those firefighters who risked their lives on 9/11.
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Date: 2011-09-08 12:01 am (UTC)(why do the writers of these articles not use their full names? what are they afraid of?)
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