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| | Half Of 911 WTC Rescue Workers' Health Suffering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | YORK (Reuters) - Nearly half of the more than 1,000 screened rescue workers who responded to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks suffer from new or exacerbated respiratory, mental, and other health problems, according to a government report released Thursday. |
 | | The report, from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is the second released in two days to find that firefighters, police officers, and volunteers show persistent effects from environmental toxins and psychological stress. |
 | | The latest health study, conducted at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, showed that nearly half of the 1,138 people screened had problems that either began or worsened after being exposed to the dust, airborne toxins, and pollutants unleashed by the collapsed buildings. |
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