WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a notice called: World Trade Center Health Program; Petition 048a-Peripheral Artery Disease; Finding of Insufficient Evidence.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 15 by John J. Howard, Administrator, World Trade Center Health Program and Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services.
Summary: The Administrator of the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program has received a petition (Petition 048a) to add "peripheral vascular disease" (referred to herein as "peripheral artery disease") to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions. Upon review...