Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Lung disease linked to WTC work

Study links lung disease to WTC work (AP)

Former New York City Mayor and Republican Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani, right, walks with Heritage Foundation President Ed Feulner, as they enter the Heritage Foundation's bi-annual President's Club Meeting at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, Monday, May 7, 2007, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Chris Greenberg)AP - Rescue workers and firefighters contracted a serious lung-scarring disease called sarcoidosis at a much higher rate after the Sept. 11 attacks than before, said a study that is the first to link the disease to exposure to toxic dust at ground zero.


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