Environmental Health Effects of WTC

Monitoring Projects & Research

To address WTC issues, funding was made available through the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This support is designated to fund several projects, including monitoring initiatives related to the environmental health aftermath of September 11. These monitoring projects will provide some exposure answers: what, how much, and for how long. When examined with the Health Effects projects, these monitoring studies will indicate possible long-term health effects for exposed individuals. Other WTC-related projects made possible with NIEHS funding include research focused on Health Effects, Community Outreach and Toxicology.

Studying exposure patterns of contaminants released from the WTC fire and collapse
(Principal Investigator: Panos Georgopoulos, in collaboration with the US Environmental Protection Agency)

Analysis of indoor settled dust and smoke
(Principal Investigator: Paul J. Lioy)
Link to WTC presentation

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Long-term effects of clean-up at the WTC disaster site
Principal Investigator: John D. Groopman

Registry, Health Assessment and Monitoring
(Principal Investigator: Alison Geyh)

 

Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
World Trade Center Supplement
Principal Investigator: Regina M. Santella

Exposure assessment: Chemical-based assessments of WTC emissions, air and sediments.
(Principal Investigator: Steven Chillrud, located at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University)

WTC-ITEA database
(Principal Investigator: Steven Chillrud, located at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University)

Mount Sinai School of Medicine
The Mount Sinai Superfund Basic Research Program
Principal Investigator: Philip J. Landrigan

Exposure assessment of WTC emissions using imaging spectroscopy and spatial analysis
(Principal Investigators: Steven Chillrud and Christopher Small, both at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University)

New York University School of Medicine
Environmental Health Issues Related to WTC Disaster
Principal Investigator: Lung Chi Chen

Exposure assessment
(Principal Investigator: Morton Lippman)

Assessment of Community Exposures Following the WTC Disaster
(Principal Investigator: Steven M. Rappaport)

This website is made possible through the National Environmental Health Sciences Institute (NIEHS), Grant No. ES05022-15S1. It is administered by the Community Outreach and Education Program (COEP), an outreach component of the NIEHS Center of Excellence housed at the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI), in Piscataway, New Jersey, and the UMDNJ-School of Public Health.

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