The 9/11 World Trade Center Health Program, which aides those diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease, will receive a 75-year extension as part of a $1.1 trillion spending bill expected to be approved by Congress. The program is within the $8.1 billion reauthorization of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act designed to help those injured by the historic terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. The reauthorization comes as a relief to thousands of residents and first responders sickened by the toxic air and smoldering debris that lingered for months in New York City after the terrorist attack. "It is permanent health care for the 9/11 community," John Feal, president of FealGood Foundation, a prominent advocacy and lobbying group, told Asbestos.com. "For tens of thousands of...
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