Article: ASTHMA SYMPTOMS SURGE IN AREA OF LODI BLAST

EMILY LABER, Staff Writer
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
05-29-1995
ASTHMA SYMPTOMS SURGE IN AREA OF LODI BLAST
By EMILY LABER, Staff Writer
Date: 05-29-1995, Monday
Section: NEWS
Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early

Nearly 90 people have complained to state and local officials about
health problems since the deadly explosion at a Lodi chemical plant last
month, and one doctor estimates that a third of them are suffering from
asthma.

Though some of those people have had bouts of asthma in the past,
others are experiencing respiratory problems for the first time, said
Dr. Hormoz Ashtyani, chief of pulmonary medicine at Hackensack Medical
Center.

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