PRESS CONFERENCE TO ADDRESS 9/11 HEALTH LEGISLATION— WEDS 10/21.

A press release from the 9/11 Environmental Action:

 

FOLLOWING THE RECENT DEATHS OF 3 WTC RESPONDERS IN ONE WEEK,
GROUPS URGE CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT OBAMA TO PASS COMPREHENSIVE 9/11 HEALTH LEGISLATION FOR ALL AFFECTED

The mounting death toll among responders and the growing sense in the affected communities that new health impacts are emerging raise key concerns about the adequacy of the current House and Senate 9/11 health care and compensation bills (HR847/S1334). Specifically, when Congress decides who should have an entitlement to 9/11 health care, will all those who are sick be counted? And when Congress decides what illnesses will be covered, will all health impacts resulting from 9/11 exposures be included? Right now, the answer to both these questions is no.

 

Because the federal government is basing its solution to the 9/11 health crisis on an underestimation of current and future impacts, we embarked on the We Count survey, a community effort to investigate workers’ and residents’ post-9/11 symptoms and illnesses and where they seek care. Today, as BGZ and 9/11EA issue our report, sick cleanup workers, downtown workers and residents will gather to demand a just and comprehensive long-term response to this unprecedented public health disaster, providing treatment for all those whose health has been harmed by 9/11.