Society has become increasingly reliant on plastics since commercial production began in
about 1950. Their versatility, stability, light weight, and low production costs have fueled …

Most terrorist attacks have involved explosive devices. This review explains the mechanisms
of blast injuries. Primary blast injuries may produce rupture of the tympanic membranes …

Every person has been exposed to nanometer-sized foreign particles; we inhale them with
every breath, and consume them with every drink. In truth, every organism on Earth …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), the most common and severe of the idiopathic interstitial
pneumonias, is a chronic and relentlessly progressive disease, which occurs mostly in …

Background More than 50 000 people participated in the rescue and recovery work that
followed the Sept 11, 2001 (9/11) attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC). Multiple health …

The attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) created an acute environmental disaster of
enormous magnitude. This study characterizes the environmental exposures resulting from …

Background Previous reports suggest that sarcoidosis occurs with abnormally high
frequency in firefighters. We sought to determine whether exposure to World Trade Center …

In this review, we examine house dust and residential soil and their use for identifying
sources and the quantifying levels of toxicants for the estimation of exposure. We answer …

To date, health effects of exposure to the September 11, 2001 disaster in New York City
have been studied in specific groups, but no studies have estimated its impact across the …

Climate change may increase the frequency and intensity of ozone episodes in future
summers in the United States. However, only recently have models become available that …