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People that are around ground zero have developed asthma at a rate of 12 times of what a regular adult could expect. Many of the workers that were surveyed, reported that they had developed asthma for the first time after working at ground zero. The health department also found that the workers that arrived at grand zero on sept. 11, had a higher risk of developing asthma than those who arrived after, because those that were there were infected with the dust cloud and the smoke from the fires. The risk of getting asthma will increase if the worker stick around longer at ground zero. It will increase roughly 3 percent for every 10 days at the site. IF you do not want to have a risk of getting asthma, than it is suggested that you wear protective breathing equipment, like masks. If you catch it early or wear protection around your mouth and nose, than you are more likely not to get asthma. Firefighters need to protect their respiratory systems the most. They are around fire and smoke all the time. The standard protective equipment issued to firefighters- masks with small tanks of compressed air- lasted less than a half hour and then has to be put aside. Some firefighters were said to have stopped at the hardware stores to pick up more protective masks on the way to ground zero. Wearing some kind of mask does not mean full safety. Even if you do wear a mask, there have been studies that show the increase of asthma, while wearing a protective mask. Many masks like surgical ad paper utility masks did little to keep out the toxic dust. Good protective masks need to be availably when there is a realy emergency. This study is one of teh largest and most comprehensive reports linking ground zero dust to respiratory disease.