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June 11, 2010

$712 Million Settlement Reached for Sick Ground Zero Workers
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The City of New York has reached a new settlement with around 10,000
rescue and cleanup workers who were exposed to dangerous toxic chemicals
at the World Trade Center site following the 9/11 attacks. Under the
deal, the city will pay out up to $712 million. Individual workers must
decide now whether to accept the settlement or wait for a federal bill
that could reopen the the 9/11 victim compensation fund to cleanup
workers who got sick.



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