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Meet 9/11 Health Watch, NYC Group Behind Mayor Mamdani’s Release of 170K Pages on Ground Zero Toxins
“The Bush administration, the Giuliani administration all denied that there was an impact from these toxins,” says Benjamin Chevat, executive director of 9/11 Health Watch, which sued for the release of the records. He faults successive city governments for inaction, saying that “instead of mitigating the harm, they mitigated the city’s liability.”
Toxic air sickened thousands after 9/11. Ben Chevat has been fighting for them ever since.
He’s been described as “the man behind the curtain” and an “unsung hero.”
Air Sampling at the World Trade Center Site by the Operating Engineers National Hazmat Program September 27, 2001 Update
The team collected over 50 samples of potential contaminants, including airborne asbestos, lead, total dust, organic vapors, and acid gases.
25 Years Down the Road: 9/11 Mental Health Reflections on the World Trade Center Cleanup
Central arguments include psychological hazards require systematic approaches equal in rigor to physical hazard controls; stoicism culture functions as an organizational toxin; compassion fatigue and moral injury are clinical realities, not character failings; and early intervention-including peer support, structured debriefing, and embedded mental health professionals-saves lives.
Cancer’s toll on 9/11 survivors is accelerating 25 years later
The number of victims receiving aid has tripled in recent years, a Post analysis finds, as the illness’s toll becomes more apparent.
Inside WTC Health Program’s history as 9/11 illness fight evolves
As revelations about the 9/11 illness fight continue to mount, advocates and responders have emphasized the importance of learning from the history of the federal programs caring for those sickened in connection to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
New 9/11 moment of silence this year will honor victims of toxic exposure
This year, the 25th anniversary of the attacks, the 9/11 Memorial and Museum said it will now add a seventh moment of silence “honoring all who have died from health effects of 9/11 and its aftermath” to its official commemoration ceremony.
Howard reappointed to lead NIOSH, World Trade Center Health Program
Dr. John Howard receives another six-year term overseeing NIOSH and a health program serving more than 140,000 9/11 responders and survivors.
Younger victims sought for 9/11 health benefits program
Those 21 or younger at time of attacks can get testing, financial help.
Federal program wants to study young people whose health was affected by the 9/11 attacks
Twenty-five years after the World Trade Center attacks in Lower Manhattan, the federal government wants to study the health effects on an overlooked demographic: children, teens, young adults, and those in utero on Sept. 11, 2001.