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Michael Barasch on WNYC Morning Edition (Nov. 30, 2017): Only 10 Percent of Those Eligible Have Registered for 9/11 Benefits
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| The following is the transcript from Michael Barasch’s appearance on the WNYC Morning Edition on November 30, 2017 discussing the reason why only 10% of those eligible to receive money & benefits from the Zadroga Health & Compensation Act have signed up. |
December 2, 2017 Posted in Victim Compensation Fund, Zadroga Act Tagged toxic dust, United Federation of Teachers, WNYC Morning Edition Leave a comment
Study Finds 9/11 Toxic Dust Linked to Heart Trouble Risk for Children
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| A recent study indicates that exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFASs, contained in dust particles released into the homes of New Yorkers by the collapse of the World Trade Center towers, seems to be associated with abnormally high cholesterol levels in young adults who were children at the time of the terrorist attacks. |
November 30, 2017 Posted in 9/11 Injuries Tagged 9/11 illnesses, toxic dust poses heart risk for children, WTC dust Leave a comment
Cancers of Former Students and Teachers Linked to 9/11 Toxic Dust
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| At least 12 former students who attended schools south of Canal Street on 9/11, or during the eight months that followed, have filed claims with the federal government for World Trade Center-related cancers. Dozens of others have been diagnosed with well-recognized 9/11 respiratory illnesses. Scores of teachers have fallen ill, and, tragically, many have died from their WTC illnesses. |
November 16, 2017 Posted in 9/11 Injuries, Victim Compensation Fund, WTC Health Program Tagged respiratory illnesses, United Federation of Teachers, WTC toxic dust Leave a comment
FDNY Adds 32 Names to WTC Memorial Wall
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| On September 7 at FDNY Headquarters at 9 MetroTech Center in Brooklyn, the FDNY added the names of 32 recently deceased members to the department’s World Trade Center Memorial Wall. Each of these members succumbed to 9/11-related illnesses that resulted from their participation in rescue and recovery work at Ground Zero. |
November 15, 2017 Posted in Memorial Museum Tagged 32 Names added 2017, FDNY victims, WTC Memorial Wall Leave a comment
Beyond First Responders: The Emerging Victims of 9/11
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| On May 14, 2007, iHeartRadio host Shelli Sonstein welcomed Dr. Pamela King to her show, Sonstein Sessions, to discuss her battle with 9/11-related cancer. Dr. King continues to teach at the High School of Economics & Finance, at 100 Trinity Place, where she was working on September 11, 2001, mere steps from Ground Zero. |
October 30, 2017 Posted in 9/11 Injuries Tagged 9/11-related cancers, Ground Zero toxins, WTC Health Program Leave a comment
Barasch McGarry, the Only Law Firm Represented at Research to Care: WTC Health Program Community Engagement Event
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| On Saturday, October 21st, Michael Barasch and his associates, Lee London, Mariya Atansova, Jennifer Jimenez, Richard Alles, and Rebecca Forman, attended the World Trade Center Health Program’s first ever Research to Care Community Engagement event. Barasch McGarry was the only law firm in attendance. |
October 24, 2017 Posted in WTC Health Program Tagged downtown office workers, downtown residents, skin cancer, WTC Health Program Community Engagement Event, WTC illnesses Leave a comment
Research to Care Community Engagement Event on 9/11 Health on October 21, 2017
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| This Saturday, October 21 the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program is hosting its first ever Research to Care Community Engagement event! The program will be held from 8:30am – 4:00pm at the NYU Langone Medical Center, located at 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016. |
October 18, 2017 Posted in WTC Health Program Tagged 9/11 health effects, 9/11 health research, Dr. John Howard, NYU Langone Medical Center, Research to Care Community Engagement event Leave a comment
WTC Health Program Declines to Add Parkinson’s Disease to List of 9/11-Related Conditions
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| The two petitions from 9/11 survivors met the threshold test in that they “suggested a potential association between exposure to known 9/11 agents and Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism, including manganese-induced parkinsonism,” but ultimately were rejected for insufficient evidence of causation. |
October 15, 2017 Posted in WTC Health Program Tagged 9/11-related illness, List of WTC-Related Health Conditions, Parkinson's disease Leave a comment
Michael Barasch Interviewed About Teachers and Students Sickened by 9/11 Toxins
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| On July 7, attorney Michael Barasch joined iHeartRadio host Shelli Sonstein on Sonstein Sessions to discuss a little-known aspect of the post-9/11 health crisis: the long-term effects on teachers and students in lower Manhattan in 2001 and 2002. Also on hand were Michal Novemsky and Ronald Valenzuela, students at the time who have since developed 9/11-related cancers, and United Federation of Teachers executive Ellie Engler, also a 9/11 cancer survivor. |
September 30, 2017 Posted in 9/11 Injuries Tagged 9/11-related cancer, students from lower Manhattan, zadroga act Leave a comment
New NY State Law Allows Unlimited Sick Leave for Government-Employed 9/11 First Responders
New York State lawmakers recently addressed an inequitable situation creating hardship for 9/11 responders who work on state and municipal payrolls outside of New York City. In the years since the terrorist attacks, thousands of first responders and rescue and recovery workers have become sick due to exposure to toxic air at Ground Zero, but […]
September 15, 2017 Posted in Health Programs Tagged NY law on sick leave, unlimited leave for 9/11 responders, WTC Health Program Leave a comment
