WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a notice called: World Trade Center Health Program; Petitions 048 and 051a-Stroke; 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 two petitions (Petitions 048 and 051a) to add "stroke" to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions. Upon reviewing the scientific and medical literature, including information provid...