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Asbestos NewsAsbestos News: Post World Trade Center Pulmonary Disease Firefighters, rescue workers, and people near the World Trade Center after the September 11 attack and building collapses were exposed to wide-spread dust containing a multitude of substances including asbestos. Hospitals and government agencies are monitoring local people for long-term health problems potentially caused by 9/11 dust. A new review of New York City Fire Department rescue workers has found an increase in sarcoidosis or sarcoid-like granulomatous pulmonary disease (SLGPD). During the 15 years prior to 9/11, sarcoidosis patients averaged 15/100,000. In the first year after the WTC collapses and dust explosion, the incidence rate rose to 86/100,000 with 13 new cases among NYFD rescue workers. During the next four years, there were an additional 13 cases with an incidence rate of 22/100,000 (Izbicki G, Chest, 2007). This early onset of WTC-SLGPD was also associated with increased asthma and airway hyperactivity (AHR). Health experts are expecting increasing incidence of many life-threatening diseases, especially lung-related conditions, for many years to come because of WTC dust. Asbestos News: Some Asbestos Exposure Decreasing Many products containing asbestos have been banned or regulated since the 1970's. But is the effort resulting in less exposure to asbestos for people? Researchers tested 819 lung tissue samples acquired over the last 25 years from people with asbestosis, lung cancer, pleural plaques, and malignant asbestos lung mesothelioma. Dividing the samples chronologically, they compared the earliest half of the lung tissue samples with the latest half. The presence of amosite asbestos was reduced in quantity for all diseases in the later groups. But a surprising finding was that the presence of crocidolite asbestos fibers had increased for all diseases in the later groups (Roggli VL, Human Pathology, 2008). The source of the increased asbestos exposure was not determined. Exposure to asbestos can occur at work, in school, at home, and outdoors. Learn more about your exposure to asbestos.
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