Activist groups join calls to renew 9/11 health act

The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) and local safety and health groups are backing a nationwide push to renew the five-year-old law that provides benefits for survivors and responders to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the organization said Thursday (Sept. 24). Their effort comes on the heels of lobbying by former Daily Show host Jon Stewart to corral lawmakers into supporting the reauthorization bill. “The 9/11 attacks were an assault against our entire nation, and taking...