NIOSH Chief: WTC Health Program Could Supply Data To Bolster OSHA Activity

NIOSH chief John Howard says the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program will eventually provide OSHA with useful epidemiological data on workers' long-term health effects from chemical and physical agent exposures. The program, which provides medical evaluation and treatment to eligible 9/11 responders and survivors, is now up and running within the research agency, with its own statutorily dedicated funding stream. Howard, who serves as administrator of the health program, tells Inside OSHA Online in an exclusive interview that data gathered under the program could have uses for the broader