ReviewAnnals of the American Thoracic Society2016
Destruction of the World Trade Center Towers. Lessons Learned from an Environmental Health Disaster.
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- Health Impacts of the World Trade Center Disaster-A Call to Study Those Exposed at a Young Age.American journal of industrial medicine · 2026Article
- Evolving Cancer Characteristics Among World Trade Center Survivors: An Updated Analysis from the WTC Environmental Health Center.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Assessing the impact of World Trade Center (WTC) exposures on post-bronchodilator lung function: Insights from WTC survivor population.PloS one · 2026Article
- Epigenetic aging acceleration among World Trade Center-exposed community members.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Association between World Trade Center disaster exposures and body mass index in community members enrolled at World Trade Center Environmental Health Center.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2025Article
- DNA Methylation as a Molecular Mechanism of Carcinogenesis in World Trade Center Dust Exposure: Insights from a Structured Literature Review.Biomolecules · 2024Review
- Genome-wide DNA methylation profiles and breast cancer among World Trade Center survivors.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2024Article
- Disaster waste and debris clean-up decisions of government actors in the United States: social process and socio-material systems.Environmental hazards (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2024Article
- Mesothelioma Cases in the World Trade Center Survivors.Annals of case reports · 2024Article
- Characteristics of survivors enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program.Archives of environmental & occupational health · 2024Article
- World Trade Center Exposure, DNA Methylation Changes, and Cancer: A Review of Current Evidence.Epigenomes · 2023Review
- Opioid prescriptions among the World Trade Center Health Program population.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Novel approach to studying effects of inhalational exposure on lung function in civilians exposed to the World Trade Center disaster.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Characteristics of Cancers in Community Members Exposed to the World Trade Center Disaster at a Young Age.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Mediates the Association between Traumatic World Trade Center Dust Cloud Exposure and Ongoing Systemic Inflammation in Community Members.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Characteristics of Women with Lung Adenocarcinoma in the World Trade Center Environmental Health Center.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Global DNA Methylation Profiles in Peripheral Blood of WTC-Exposed Community Members with Breast Cancer.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- COPD in Smoking and Non-Smoking Community Members Exposed to the World Trade Center Dust and Fumes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Cognitive Function among World Trade Center-Exposed Community Members with Mental Health Symptoms.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
The assault and subsequent collapse of the World Trade Center towers in New York City on September 11, 2001 (9/11), released more than a million tons of debris and dust into the surrounding area, engulfing rescue workers as they rushed to aid those who worked in the towers, and the thousands of nearby civilians and children who were forced to flee. In December 2015, almost 15 years after the attack, and 5 years after first enactment, Congress reauthorized the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, a law designed to respond to the adverse health effects of the disaster. This reauthorization affords an opportunity to review human inhalation exposure science in relation to the World Trade Center collapse. In this Special Article, we compile observations regarding the collective medical response to the environmental health disaster with a focus on efforts to address the adverse health effects experienced by nearby community members including local residents and workers. We also analyze approaches to understanding the potential for health risk, characterization of hazardous materials, identification of populations at risk, and shortfalls in the medical response on behalf of the local community. Our overarching goal is to communicate lessons learned from the World Trade Center experience that may be applicable to communities affected by future environmental health disasters. The World Trade Center story demonstrates that communities lacking advocacy and preexisting health infrastructures are uniquely vulnerable to health disasters. Medical and public health personnel need to compensate for these vulnerabilities to mitigate long-term illness and suffering.
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