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NEW YORK (AP) - Ground zero worker Jimmy Willis' lung problems got so bad in the years after Sept. 11 that he finally left New York, hoping the dry air of Nevada would blow away the after-effects of toxic World Trade Center dust.
But when he moved two years ago, Willis also left behind New York-based medical expertise in 9/11-related illnesses, joining hundreds of ground zero rescue workers scattered across the United States.
It is a population many health experts, union leaders and politicians say could suffer because the government has delayed the release of guidelines that would help doctors around the country diagnose and treat illnesses linked to the attacks.
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