DH+lung+article

The article from the NY Times took a poll from firefighters who were on site at ground zero. The polls show that more people had asthma due to the dust and debris that fell from the Twin Towers. There were 12 times as many adults who had asthma than what scientists expected. Out of 26,000 people surveyed, a whopping 946 people claimed that they got asthma from working on 9/11. Although the firefighters were wearing oxygen masks, these masks only worked for 30 minutes. After that, they were put aside. Many firefighters went to hardware stores before going to the site in order to buy dust masks. However, these masks did not help keep the toxins in the air from going into their lungs.