Assessing September 11th Health Effects: What Should be Done? : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, October 28, 2003U.S. Government Printing Office, 2004 - 218 pages |
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... chemicals , often works closely with the CDC . " We are concerned about even being asked to write a document for the public about reentry at this point , " Kilbourne wrote . " Does this mean that unrestricted access to the WTC vicinity ...
... chemicals , often works closely with the CDC . " We are concerned about even being asked to write a document for the public about reentry at this point , " Kilbourne wrote . " Does this mean that unrestricted access to the WTC vicinity ...
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... chemicals and asbestos as it crossed the East River , and Brooklyn hospitals report continuing respiratory disease cases . Yet environmental cleanup services and lung exposure studies have focused exclusively on residents of Manhattan ...
... chemicals and asbestos as it crossed the East River , and Brooklyn hospitals report continuing respiratory disease cases . Yet environmental cleanup services and lung exposure studies have focused exclusively on residents of Manhattan ...
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... Manhattan locations on Sept. 12 and submitted them to a battery of costly and tedious analytical tests , ranging from electron microscope scrutiny to gas chromatograph chemical tests . PAGE 3 Newsday ( New York , NY ) August 15.
... Manhattan locations on Sept. 12 and submitted them to a battery of costly and tedious analytical tests , ranging from electron microscope scrutiny to gas chromatograph chemical tests . PAGE 3 Newsday ( New York , NY ) August 15.
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... chemicals , some of which are considered carcinogens , such as PCBs ( polychlorinated biphenyls ) and PAHS ( polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ) . - Fire experts speculate that the area immediately around the World Trade Center got hit ...
... chemicals , some of which are considered carcinogens , such as PCBs ( polychlorinated biphenyls ) and PAHS ( polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ) . - Fire experts speculate that the area immediately around the World Trade Center got hit ...
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... chemical and particulate complexity of the debris and smoke exceed anything pulmonologists have previously encountered . Indeed , he argues , World Trade Center Cough may very well be an entirely new disease syndrome . Leon thinks the ...
... chemical and particulate complexity of the debris and smoke exceed anything pulmonologists have previously encountered . Indeed , he argues , World Trade Center Cough may very well be an entirely new disease syndrome . Leon thinks the ...
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Page 108 - CDC's mission is to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury and disability.
Page 8 - CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, Washington, DC ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, Illinois DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts JIM TURNER, Texas THOMAS H.
Page 12 - Mr. TOWNS. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Let me begin by thanking you and all my colleagues for holding this very important hearing.
Page 8 - Ex OFFICIO HENRY A. WAXMAN, California LAWRENCE J. HALLORAN, Staff Director and Counsel KRISTINE MCELROY, Professional Staff Member JASON CHUNG, Clerk DAVID RAPALLO, Minority Counsel...
Page 11 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, EMERGING THREATS, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:15 pm, in room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon.
Page 107 - Testimony Before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives...
Page 53 - Impact of the September llth Attacks in New York City on Drug Users: A Preliminary Assessment." Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 79, no. 3 (2002): 409-12. Edelman, P., et al. "Biomonitoring of Chemical Exposure among New York City Firefighters Responding to the World Trade Center Fire and Collapse.
Page 108 - Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Page 165 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. SHAYS. I thank the gentleman. At this time the Chair would recognize Mr.
Page 61 - I would like to thank the Chair and the members of the subcommittee for even letting a Senator come into this hearing.