Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery Since 2002

New WTC Registry Report Shows National Impact of 9/11 Health Crisis

Press release: “Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney and Congressman Vito Fossella released a report showing that people from all 50 states and the District of Columbia have enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Registry. According to the report, thousands of Americans from throughout the country were in the immediate vicinity of Ground Zero in the months following 9/11 and have since signed up for the Registry, which will track changes in their physical and mental health over the next 20 years. The City of New York compiled the data and released it at Maloney’s and Fossella’s request..report, the full text of the report, World Trade Center Registry (6 pages, PDF) breaks down the number of WTC Health registrants by state and congressional district. Districts that have between 0 and 25 enrollees are listed as “<25" to protect registrants' confidentiality...Strikingly, the report shows that World Trade Center health registrants live in states as far from Ground Zero as California (1,035 registrants), Arizona (156) and Alabama (128)."

  • World Trade Center (WTC) Health Registry
  • Sorry, comments are closed for this post.