Rep. Nadler Reacts to WTC Health Registry’s Findings on Asthma

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), whose district includes the former site of the World Trade Center, today issued the following statement following the World Trade Center Health Registry’s findings that rescue and recovery workers who worked on the "pile" without respirators developed asthma at a rate 12 times above the normal population.

"Today’s important findings from the New York City Department of Health again underscore the fact that the Environmental Protection Agency and other government actors failed the first responders and other workers at Ground Zero by not telling the truth about air quality and by not demanding absolute adherence to workplace safety measures.

"If any good is to come from this tragedy, the government must ensure that a plan is in place to properly protect the public health in the event of a similar catastrophe. The government must provide absolutely truthful environmental risk communications, and it must not give workplace safety regulations short shrift. I will continue to work with my colleagues to bring to light the truth about 9/11 air quality and to ensure that the federal government provide comprehensive, long-term health care to all those affected by the environmental aftermath of the 9/11 attacks."

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