Health Effects of Air Near Towers Studied
From Times Wire Reports
From executives to food cart vendors, people who were near the World Trade Center when it collapsed began enrolling in a registry to help determine the long-term health effects of breathing the soot-filled air.
Health officials hope to collect information from up to 300,000 people who were near the twin towers during and shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.
A preliminary report is expected in a few months. Plans for the registry were announced last year.
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