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COURIER LIFE, N 6 OVEMBER 15-21, 2019
Coney Islander Pamela Pettyjohn has suffered from a persistent cough since shortly after
Superstorm sandy. Photo by Derrick Watterson
SANDY LUNGS
Coney Islanders demand studies on
respiratory illnesses after superstorm
BY ROSE ADAMS
Coney Islanders are demanding the
city study the air quality around the
People’s Playground, claiming respiratory
illnesses abound in the years
following Superstorm Sandy.
“We see more and more people getting
respiratory issues,” said Eddie
Mark, the district manager of the local
community board. “Something is
wrong.”
Community board members have
asked reps for the Department of Health
to study a perceived rise in respiratory
illnesses — including asthma, shortness
of breath, and persistent coughing
— that locals began started complaining
about in the wake of the 2012 storm,
which kicked up a blizzard of dust and
debris that was blamed for the so-called
“ Sandy cough ” that swept the peninsula.
“People got this cough that they
couldn’t get rid of,” said Pamela Pettyjohn,
a Coney Island resident who
has suffered from a persistent cough
since the storm struck seven years ago.
“These were people that were perfectly
healthy before Sandy. What’s happening
now?”
Sandy’s 13-foot tidal surges were
also responsible for rampant mold outbreaks,
and locals also fear that the
overfl ow of the notoriously contaminated
Coney Island Creek during the
hurricane may have unleashed toxic
particles into the air.
The 2012 Superstorm isn’t the only
possible cause, and the respiratory illnesses
may fi nd their root in ongoing
construction projects and the neighborhood’s
crumbling public-housing infrastructure
, where mold runs rampant.
And another cause could be the
area’s high levels of ozone pollutants,
which rank consistently as some of the
worst in the city, according to an eightyear
Department of Health study .
Ozone contamination can cause
shortness of breath, asthma, and a
slew of other respiratory issues, according
to the EPA , and a recent study
by the University of Washington determined
that living in an area with high
ozone levels is the equivalent of smoking
a pack of cigarettes a day.
But by all other measures, Coney Island’s
air isn’t particularly unhealthy
— the neighborhood even boasts lower
levels of the most harmful air pollutant,
fi ne particulate matter, than the
average Brooklyn neighborhood, according
to a 2016 study .
Moreover, a pulmonary specialist
at the Coney Island Hospital said that
he hasn’t noticed an uptick in new patients
after the storm or in the years
since.
A spokesman for the Health Department
did not comment regarding
the agency’s plans to conduct a study,
but said that other studies have indicated
that Coney islanders suffer from
lower levels of asthma than the average
Brooklynite.
But locals don’t feel healthier than
other communities, and say the “Sandy
cough” has been going on long enough
to warrant the city taking action.
“This has been going on for several
years,” said Brighton Beach resident
Jeff Sanoff, a member of the community
board whose wife has developed
asthma. “We haven’t been given any
reports on air quality...They keep us in
the dark.”
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