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Organization Type: National Institutions

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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest medical library and a component of the National Institutes of Health, collects, preserves, and makes available to the public information about health, medicine, and the biomedical sciences. To continue fulfilling this mission, NLM is collecting and archiving related Web content, which also serves to document the histories of health and medicine. For questions about our web archiving program contact us at nlmwebcollecting@nlm.nih.gov.

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Title: ’Dust Lady’ Marcy Borders, featured in haunting Sept. 11 photo, dies of cancer | The Star

URL: https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/08/26/dust-lady-marcy-borders-featured-in-haunting-sept-11-photo-dies-of-cancer.html

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: News article, titled "'Dust Lady' Marcy Borders, featured in haunting Sept. 11 photo, dies of cancer," by J. Freedom du Lac of the Washington Post and published on The Star's website on August 26, 2015. It reports on the death of a World Trade Center survivor who was the subject of a famous photographs in which she is seen completely covered in gray dust just after the collapse of the building on September 11, 2001.

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Title: World Trade Center (WTC) Health Studies and Information on Health Services

URL: https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/investigations/wtc/health_studies/

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: Web page, titled "World Trade Center (WTC) Health Studies and Information on Health Services," prepared by the New York State Department of Health. The site contains links to the department's studies of health risks among individuals exposed to the debris from the World Trade Center, health and compensation program sites, federal studies, and other resources.

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Title: White House edited EPA's 9/11 reports - seattlepi.com

URL: https://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/White-House-edited-EPA-s-9-11-reports-1122465.php?rand=26878.51

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: News article, titled "White House edited EPA's 9/11 reports," by John Heilprin and published on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer website on August 22, 2003. It reports on the discovery that President George W. Bush's White House directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue misleading statements regarding the safety of breathing the air in the vicinity of Ground Zero of the World Trade Center. The EPA released multiple statements assuring the public of the air's safety, reports that were subsequently proven to be false as recovery workers began displaying respiratory ailments within a year of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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Title: Unknown Exposure | Mount Sinai - New York

URL: https://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/road-resilience/unknown-exposure/

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: Audio recording of an episode, titled "Unknown Exposure," of the Road to Resilience podcast. It features Michael Crane, MD, Medical Director of the World Trade Center Program Clinical Center of Excellence at Mount Sinai, and volunteer first responder Bianca Bob Miller relating their personal accounts of working at Ground Zero of the World Trade Center and their knowledge of 9/11-related illnesses. The page includes a full transcript.

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Title: The Long-Term Health Effects of September 11, 2001

URL: https://www.renalandurologynews.com/home/expert-perspectives/september-11-cancers-cvd-kidney-health-problems-michael-crane-interview/

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: News article, titled "The Long-Term Health Effects of September 11, 2001," by Natasha Persaud and published on the Renal & Urology News website on September 6, 2019. Dr. Michael Crane, Director of the World Trade Center Health Program at Mount Sinai, was interviewed for this article. It summarizes the health problems experienced by first responders of the September 11, 2001 attacks that urologists and nephrologists should be aware of.

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Title: Students of Lower Manhattan | 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Eligibility

URL: https://www.lexblog.com/2019/09/24/students-of-lower-manhattan-9-11-victim-compensation-fund-eligibility/

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: Blog post, titled "Students of Lower Manhattan | 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Eligibility," published by Turley Hansen & Rosasco, LLP on September 24, 2019. Post covers the health problems experienced by Lower Manhattan students and educators after breathing and drinking toxic dust created by the World Trade Center collapse. It also covers recent legislation to keep the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund open until 2090.

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Title: September 11 Children: Heart Health Risks

URL: https://www.healthline.com/health-news/children-who-survived-september-11-attacks-may-face-heart-risks/

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: News article, titled "Children Who Survived September 11 Attacks May Face Heart Risks," by Gillian Mohney and published on the Healthline website on September 11, 2017. It reports on a recent study's findings that children exposed to the toxic dust from the collapse of the World Trade Center have high levels of chemicals called perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). These chemicals are known to impact cardiac health, so more work must be done to monitor the subjects' health and mitigate the long-term health impacts.

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Title: New Research: The Long-term Physical-Psychiatric Effects of Childhood Trauma

URL: https://www.psychiatry.org/newsroom/news-releases/new-research-the-long-term-physical-psychiatric-effects-of-childhood-trauma/

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: Press release, titled "New Research: The Long-term Physical-Psychiatric Effects of Childhood Trauma," published by the American Psychiatric Association on May 19, 2019. It reports on research results, presented at the APA's Annual Meeting, from a study involving more than 1,000 people exposed to the September 11, 2001 attacks as children. The press release summarizes the findings regarding the presence of physical health conditions, psychiatric disorders, or both in research subjects who experienced childhood trauma.

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Title: LONG-TERM HEALTH IMPACTS FROM SEPTEMBER 11: A REVIEW OF TREATMENT, DIAGNOSIS, AND MONITORING EFFORTS

URL: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-110shrg34458/html/CHRG-110shrg34458.htm

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: Hearing report, titled "Long-Term Health Impacts from September 11: A Review of Treatment, Diagnosis, and Monitoring Efforts," by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and published on March 21, 2007. It contains a transcript of the hearing statements and responses made by various senators, first responders, and medical professionals on how the conditions at the September 11, 2001 attacks sites negatively impacted the health of first responders, survivors, and recovery workers.

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Title: Heart health research of 9/11 survivors slowly realized, 17 years later | American Heart Association

URL: https://www.heart.org/en/news/2018/09/04/heart-health-research-of-911-survivors-slowly-realized-17-years-later/

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: News article, titled "Heart health research of 9/11 survivors slowly realized, 17 years later," published by American Heart Association News on September 5, 2018. It reports on recently reported evidence linking the toxic dust from the collapse of the World Trade Center to various cardiovascular health issues impacting first responders and survivors of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Prior to this, most reporting on 9/11 health issues focused on respiratory ailments and cancers.

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Title: Former EPA head admits she was wrong to tell New Yorkers post-9/11 air was safe | US news | The Guardian

URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/10/epa-head-wrong-911-air-safe-new-york-christine-todd-whitman

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: News article, titled "Former EPA head admits she was wrong to tell New Yorkers post-9/11 air was safe," by Joanna Walters of The Guardian on September 10, 2016. It reports on the public admission by former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Christine Todd Whitman that she was wrong when she informed the public that the air around Ground Zero after the September 11, 2001 attacks was safe to breathe. Her apology is a result of a rising toll of deaths and illnesses associated with breathing the toxic dust generated by the collapse of the World Trade Center.

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Title: FDNY Rescue Workers Show Lasting Lung Damage From 9/11 World Trade Center Dust | Albert Einstein College of Medicine

URL: http://www.einstein.yu.edu/news/releases/477/fdny-rescue-workers-show-lasting-lung-damage-from-9-11-world-trade-center-dust/

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: Press release, titled "FDNY Rescue Workers Show Lasting Lung Damage From 9/11 World Trade Center Dust," published by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine on April 7, 2010. It reveals the results of a health study of nearly 13,000 fire department rescue workers: those that suffered acute lung damage after exposure to the "toxic dust" created by the collapse of the twin towers have not recovered normal lung function since the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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Title: Cancer Incidence in World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers, 2001–2008 | Environmental Health Perspectives | Vol. 121, No. 6

URL: https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/ehp.1205894

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: Research report, titled "Cancer Incidence in World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers, 2001-2008," by Samara Solan, Sylvan Wallenstein, Moshe Shapiro, et al, published in the Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) monthly journal on June 1, 2013. EHP is supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). The report documents the results of an investigation evaluating incidence of cancer in responders enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program.

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Title: A Decade of Concern: Assessing the Health Impacts of 9/11 | Center for Health Journalism

URL: https://www.centerforhealthjournalism.org/blogs/2011/09/06/decade-concern-assessing-health-impacts-911

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: Blog post, titled "A Decade of Concern: Assessing the Health Impacts of 9/11," posted by Barbara Feder Ostrov on September 6, 2011. The post highlights health studies and media coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks as the tenth anniversary was approaching. It references the then-recent passage of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which aimed to provide first responders with medical care.

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Title: 9/11 health fund covers survivors for life — but few know about it - CBS News

URL: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/911-health-fund-covers-survivors-for-life-but-few-know-about-it/

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: News article, titled "9/11 health fund covers survivors for life — but few know about it," by Megan Cerullo and published on the CBS News website on September 11, 2019. It reports on the large number of first responders, survivors, and recovery workers who are unaware that they are eligible for free lifetime care under the World Trade Center Health Program. The article faults the public's lack of awareness of this program on the federal government's failure to effectively communicate its existence to those impacted by exposure to toxic dust at the attack sites.

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Title: 9/11 World Trade Center: Asbestos Exposure & Health Effects

URL: https://www.asbestos.com/world-trade-center/

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: Web page, titled "Asbestos, 9/11 and the World Trade Center", maintained by an advocacy center and information resource for mesothelioma patients. The page provides information the components and health effects of the "toxic dust" that was created by the collapse of the twin towers during the September 11, 2001 attacks. It also provides information on how responders and survivors can receive compensation to help cover their medical care.

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Title: 9/11 Victims’ Compensation: A History of the Funding Battle

URL: http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/how-lawmakers-protected-and-failed-9-11-first-responders.html

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: News article, titled "A History of the Long Fight to Secure Funding for 9/11 First Responders," by Matt Stieb and published on the Intelligencer website on June 12, 2019. It provides an overview of federal lawmakers' response to the health crises and deaths experienced by those exposed to contaminants at the September 11, 2001 attack sites. The article was written at the time that Congress was debating whether or not to extend funding for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund beyond 2020.

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