A survey of post-9/11 effects on children released today found that children exposed to the dust cloud following the collapse of the twin towers were twice as likely to be diagnosed with
asthma as those not caught in the dust cloud.
In general, children under 5 years old had an elevated likelihood of being diagnosed with asthma in the two to three years after the event, though not as sharp an increase as the rescue workers (who were
12 times as likely to be diagnosed as the general population). The survey did not reveal evidence of elevated levels of post-traumatic stress in children.
Source:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...from-911-dust/ accessed 11/29/2007.
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Survey Sees Rise in Children’s Asthma From 9/11 Dust
