Will the Zadroga Act Cover Cancer?
Will Zadroga Act Cover Cancer?
That’s the multibillion dollar question being asked after a report released by Dr. John Howard, the director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, found no connection between exposures at Ground Zero and any multitude of cancers that Ground Zero responders believe to be caused by that exposure.
Dr. Howard may eventually include cancer among those illnesses reimbursed by the Fund if studies show that they are the result of exposures at Ground Zero, but it means that those suffering from cancers that they believe are attributed to exposure are out of luck.