NIOSH Adds Prostate Cancer to Zadroga Act Coverage

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has adopted a final rule that adds prostate cancer to the list of more than 50 cancers that are compensable under the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010.NIOSH Director Dr. John Howard issued a notice of final rule adoption in the Federal Register last Thursday and cited a petition filed last May by the New York City Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.Addition of the cancer allows first responders and others who can verify that their cancers are linked to exposure to toxins at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon ...