Health Issues Around the World Trade Center Disaster

World Trade Center Disaster Response Services

The Mount Sinai Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine is a clinical center that utilizes a multi-disciplinary team to provide comprehensive occupational and environmental health services. Our services include clinical occupational medicine, industrial hygiene, ergonomics, social work, occupational health education, and coordination of return to work for workers with occupational injuries and illnesses. Our program emphasizes prevention as well as diagnosis and management of occupational health problems.

Our Center will be offering services targeted to meet the occupational and environmental health concerns of workers and the community resulting from the World Trade center disaster.

Services we are offering to meet the immediate public health needs emanating from the WTC tragedy include the following:

• Clinical evaluation and treatment of individuals with persistent respiratory and musculoskeletal symptoms following work at the site.
• An information line for questions from workers at the site, community residents, physicians, and anyone with concerns related to potentially hazardous occupational and environmental exposures. Please call (212) 241-4747.
• Industrial hygiene health and safety guidance and technical advice.
• Occupational and environmental medicine advice.
• Medical evaluation for respirator use and respirator fit testing.

There will be ongoing occupational and environmental concerns related to the WTC disaster. The Mount Sinai COEM has long standing expertise in the diagnosis and management of chronic occupational and environmental diseases as well as in the evaluation of possible health effects of toxic exposures. Additionally, we offer social work and other advocacy services for injured workers in the Workers' Compensation and other entitlement services arenas. Children who may require evaluation will be referred to Mount Sinai's Children's Environmental Health Center.

We have clinical centers in Manhattan, Yonkers, and Queens. Please call to make an appointment at:

Mount Sinai - I. J. Selikoff Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Mount Sinai Center for Occupational Medicine at
St. John's Riverside Hospital

Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens

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