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Chronic Coughs, Upper Respiratory Infections, Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Asthma Plague Residents and Students at Ground Zero

After breathing in thick dust and fumes from burning jet fuel, search and rescue workers and other emergencypersonnel who toiled through the World Trade Center rubble after September 11 are experiencing a high level ofrespiratory illness. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton told a Senate committee hearing this week that twenty-fivepercent of New York City firefighters "have some kind of respiratory, bronchitis, or asthmatic reaction."


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