Enviro-Health Links -
Health Effects from the Collapse of the World Trade Center
Overview
- EPA Response to September 11
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Exposure and Human Health Evaluation
of Airborne Pollution from the World Trade Center Disaster
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Final Reports of the Federal Building and Fire Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster
National Institute of Standards and Technology - Final Technical Report of the Public Health Investigation
to Assess Potential Exposures to Airborne and Settled
Surface Dust in Residential Areas of Lower Manhattan
September 2002
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - Frequently Asked Environmental and Public Health Questions
about the World Trade Center and Pentagon Tragedies
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Health and Technical Assistance for the World Trade
Center (WTC) Dust Cleaning Program: Final Report (PDF, 160 KB)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Inside the Green Line: OSHA Responds to Disaster (PDF, 4 MB)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Summary of Environmental Monitoring Operations
at the Pentagon
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Summary Report of the U.S. EPA Technical Peer Review Meeting
on the Draft Document Entitled: Exposure and Human Health Evaluation of Airborne
Pollution from the World Trade Center Disaster Inside the Green Line: OSHA Responds to Disaster (PDF, 4 MB)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Toxicological Effects of Fine Particulate Matter
Derived from the Destruction of the World Trade Center (PDF, 1.75 MB)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - World Trade Center Disaster Information
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - World Trade Center Expert Technical Review Panel
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Data
- Chemical Analysis of a Disaster
Dalton LW. Chemical & Engineering News. 2003 Oct 20;81(42):26-30 - Daily Environmental Monitoring Summary
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - EPA’s Response to the World Trade Center Collapse:
Challenges, Successes, and Areas for Improvement (PDF, 4 MB)
Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Environmental Studies of the World Trade Center Area after the September 11, 2001 Attack
U.S. Geological Survey - Final Report on Air and Dust Sampling in Lower Manhattan
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - OSHA Sampling Results Summary as of 10/08/2002
Occupational Safety and Health Administration - PM (Particulate Matter) 2.5 Fact Sheet
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - World Trade Center Asbestos Findings
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - World Trade Center Data from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- World Trade Center Disaster Response Air Monitoring Data Summaries (PDF, 1 MB)
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Health Aspects
- Asbestos (Last revised: September 16, 2001)
This is an archive page. The links are no longer being updated.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health's World Trade Center Pregnancy Study
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University - Clinical Guidelines for Adults Exposed to the World Trade Center Disaster (PDF, 560 KB)
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Clinician’s Guide to Irritative and Respiratory Problems
in Relation to Environmental Exposures from the World Trade Center Disaster (PDF, 200 KB)
The World Trade Center Medical Monitoring Program
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health - Dust and Debris. (Last revised: September 16, 2001)
This is an archive page. The links are no longer being updated.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Environmental Health Questions Following the World Trade Center Disaster
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - 9-11 Search and Rescue Dog Medical Surveillance
9-11 Dog Medical Surveillance Study - Just the Facts...Health Information for World Trade
Center Support Personnel (PDF, 27 KB)
U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine - Public Health Advisory Concerning Air Quality in the
Affected Area of the World Trade Center Disaster
New York City Department of Health - Protecting Workers at the World Trade Center Site:
Response from the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - The World Trade Center Medical Monitoring Program
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - World Trade Center Pregnancy Study
Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University - World Trade Center Response
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - WTC Scientific Bibliography
9/11 Health, The City of New York
Enviro-Health Links - Selected links to Internet resources on toxicology and environmental health
Research
Research articles available full-text at no charge. See Searches from the National Library of Medicine for current literature searches.
- Community Needs Assessment of Lower Manhattan Residents Following the World Trade Center Attacks Manhattan, New York City, 2001
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2002 Sep 11;51 Spec No:10-3 - Deaths in World Trade Center Terrorist Attacks New York City, 2001
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2002 Sep 11;51 Spec No:16-8 - Exposures among Pregnant Women near the World Trade Center Site on 11 September 2001 (PDF, 1.9 MB)
Wolff MS, et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2005 Jun;113(6):739-48 - Impact of September 11 Attacks on Workers in the Vicinity of the World Trade Center --- New York City
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2002 Sep 11;51 Spec No:8-10 - Injuries and Illnesses Among New York City Fire Department Rescue Workers After Responding to the World Trade Center Attacks (PDF, 2MB)
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2002 Sep 11;51 Spec No:1-5 - Health and Environmental Consequences of the World Trade Center Disaster (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Landrigan PJ, et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2004 May;112(6):731-739 - Occupational Exposures to Air Contaminants at the World Trade Center Disaster Site New York, September--October, 2001
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2002 May 31;51(21):453-6 - Physical Health Status of World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers and Volunteers New York City, July 2002--August 2004
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2004 Sep 10;53(35);807-812 - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Other Psychological Sequelae Among World Trade Center Clean Up and Recovery Workers (PDF, 230 KB)
Gross R. et al. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Jul;1071:495-9 - Potential Exposures to Airborne and Settled Surface Dust in Residential Areas of Lower Manhattan Following the Collapse of the World Trade Center New York City, November 4--December 11, 2001
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003 Feb 21;52(7):131-6 - Pulmonary Function after Exposure to the World Trade Center Collapse in the New York City Fire Department (240 KB)
Banauch GI, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Aug 1;174(3):312-9. Epub 2006 Apr 27 - Relationships among Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-DNA Adducts, Proximity to the World Trade Center, and Effects on Fetal Growth (PDF, 443 KB)
Perera T. et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2005 Aug;113(8):1062-7 - Self-Reported Increase in Asthma Severity After the September 11 Attacks on the World Trade Center Manhattan, New York, 2001 (PDF, 220 KB)
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2002 Sep 6;51(35):781-4 - Surveillance for World Trade Center Disaster Health Effects Among Survivors of Collapsed and Damaged Buildings
MMWR Surveill Summ. 2006 Apr 7;55(2):1-18 - Syndromic Surveillance for Bioterrorism Following the Attacks on the World Trade Center New York City, 2001
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2002 Sep 11;51 Spec No:13-5 - The World Trade Center Disaster and the Health of Workers: Five-Year Assessment of a Unique Medical Screening Program (PDF, 530 KB)
Herbert R., et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2006 Dec;114(12):1853-8 - The World Trade Center Residents’ Respiratory Health Study: New-Onset Respiratory Symptoms and Pulmonary Function (PDF, 140 KB)
Reibman J., et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2005 Apr;113(4):406-11 - Use of Respiratory Protection Among Responders at the World Trade Center Site New York City, September 2001
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2002 Sep 11;51 Spec No:6-8
Searches from the National Library of Medicine
PubMed - Biomedical journal literature
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Asbestos and Asbestosis
- Effects of Air Pollution on Obstructive Lung Diseases
- Health Effects of the World Trade Center Collapse
- Smoke Inhalation Injury
TOXLINE - Special journal literature, technical reports and archival collections
MedlinePlus - Consumer Health Information
Hazardous Substances Data Bank - Toxicology of potentially hazardous chemicals
ChemIDplus - Chemical identification and structure database
Información en Español
- Guía de Recursos del Registro de Salud del WTC (PDF, 520 KB)
Departamento de Salud y Salud Mental de la Ciudad de Nueva York - Hoja Informativa de Salud y Seguridad para Trabajadores del Desatre de las Torres Gemelas
New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health - Limpieza Interior del Polvo y Escombros en el Área del World Trade Center
New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health - El Proyecto de NYCOSH para la Salud y Educación de los Trabadores Immigrantes del 9/11
El Comité de Nueva York de Salud y Seguridad Ocupacional - El Registro del WTC
World Trade Center Health Registry - Tox Town en Español
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