lung function

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. The nearly 500,000 first responders and people working, living, and studying in Lower Manhattan on or after 9/11 have a higher risk of developing respiratory illnesses and 68 different types of cancer that are presumed linked to the WTC toxins, such as lung cancer. After the attacks, the toxic […]

  Mike Barasch, managing partner of Barasch & McGarry, the attorneys for James Zadroga’s family, as well as thousands of sick 9/11 first responders, downtown local residents and office workers, commented on an pulmonary research study that was done by Dr. Tom Aldrich of Montefiore Medical Center, and doctors from FDNY’s Bureau of Health Services, […]