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Study: 9/11 firefighters' cancer risk up
World Trade Center-exposed NYC firemen 19 percent more likely to have cancer than colleagues who weren't there
Cancer risk ‘higher for 9/11 firefighters’
New York - US firefighters who first reached the World Trade Centre, which was attacked by terrorists a decade ago, are 19 percent more likely to have cancer than those not exposed to cancer-causing materials at the site, the medical journal The Lancet re
Workers from Ground Zero face multitude of illnesses.
Nearly 40,000 workers and residents who lived near Ground Zero are still battling illnesses caused by dust plume.
Toxic After-Effects Still Haunt 9/11 Responders
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Sean Callan, a stone mason in New York City, was working just seven blocks from the World Trade Center when he heard the explosion of the first plane hitting the North Tower on Sept. 11, 2001.
Toxic after-effects still haunt 9/11 responders
Ten years after the terrorist attacks, cancer is still not on the government's official list of ills caused by exposure to the Twin Towers debris. This leaves many first responders searching for help.