NN+Asthma+Article+Summary

According the the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene says that since 9/11, 3.6 percent of the workers surveyed in 2003 and 2004, reported developing Asthma for the first time. Interviews of these people shows that respiratory aids were effective, but only to an extent. The paper surgical masks, however, were shown not to help with the prevention of the development of asthma. The main point of the study was to study how working on the cleanup, and living around places like ground zero affect a persons health. The conclusion was that the toxins in the dust from the twin towers was directly related to the number of cases of asthma amongst the cleanup crews, firemen, and other workers on and around ground zero.