NH+Asthma+and+9-11

Firefighters and people working in the World Trade Center disasters had a high risk of developing asthma, 926/26000 reported having asthma afterwards. The reason for this is mostly due to the fact that they didn't have proper safety equipment to prevent it. They didn't get respirators to the firefighters instantly, it took a couple of days. Some of them went out and bought utility dusts masks which only worked if used correctly. they are trying to make sure that firefighters have this equipment standard in case of emergencies like 9-11, but it is making little headway. There are some problems with the survey of the firefighters. The firefighters don't know exactly how and when they contracted asthma, it couldve been before and they just hadn't seen it. The responses were not verified against medical records.