 |
The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
|
The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
3101.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
| |||
| During the destruction of the World Trade Center (WTC) and in the days and weeks following as the ruins smoldered, tens of thousands of people were exposed to a combination of destruction-related chemicals and extreme stress. Both pyrolytic/combustion products and dusts from the collapse such as concrete and asbestos particles remained airborne for a long time and settled on surfaces in the area around the wreck. Megatons of building material, furnishings, and finishings, as well as the materials and fuel in the airplanes, became airborne either in their original composition or transformed by energy (explosion, heat, and flames). The magnitude of this disaster is unique with respect to the quantity of material involved and the number of potentially exposed survivors. Documenting the health status of this large population and helping them get appropriate care over the long term is an important obligation of this country's scientific and medical establishment. Presentations in this session will address environmental health research and response efforts carried out to date in exposure analysis, epidemiology, and outreach. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this presentation, particpants will be able to: (1) Understand environmental health research and response efforts carried out to date in exposure analysis, epidemiology, and outreach; (2) identify professional clean up activities required to reduce long-term residential risks before re-habitation. (3) Become aware of the health consequences to workers, residents and pregnant women. | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Heidi Klein Allen Dearry, PhD Susan West Marmagas, MPH | |||
| Allen Dearry, PhD | |||
| Environmental and Health Consequences of the World Trade Center Attack Susan West Marmagas, MPH, Allen Dearry, PhD | |||
| Composition of dust/smoke from collapse of the World Trade Center and implications for human exposure Paul J. Lioy, PhD | |||
| Confronting the health consequences of the World Trade Center attacks Phil Landrigan, MD, MSc, Stephan Levin, MD, Joel Forman, MD, Gertrud Berkowitz, PhD, Rachel Yehuda, PHD | |||
| Assessing maternal and fetal exposure to the World Trade Center destruction and health effects on children Frederica Perera, DrPH, Sally Ann Lederman, Virginia Rauh, ScD | |||
| Characterization of World Trade Center disaster airborne and settled particulate matter exposures George D. Thurston, ScD, M. Cohen, P. Maciejczyk, B. Cohen, M. Kendall, M. Heikkinen, M. Lippmann, L. Schuetz, M. Costa, L. Chen | |||
| Organized by: | Environment | ||
| Endorsed by: | Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA; Epidemiology; Public Health Nursing | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Environmental Health, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work | ||