Sarcoidosis Exposure Injury Lawsuits
Firefighters Sarcoidosis Exposure Lawsuits. On May 7, 2007, in the first clinical study to connect World Trade Center dust to serious and on occasion fatal diseases, doctors discovered that the number of New York City rescue and recovery workers with a rare type of lung-scarring condition soared in the year after the trade center … [Read more...]
Study Links Lung Disease to WTC Work
Rescue Workers And Firefighters Contracted Sarcoidosis. Rescue workers and firefighters contracted a serious lung-scarring disease called sarcoidosis at a much higher rate after the Sept. 11 attacks than before, said a study that is the first to link the disease to exposure to toxic dust at ground zero. The study, published by … [Read more...]