Follow POL on Twitter Two studies published in The Lancet find no statistically-significant evidence of increased cancer rates, lung ailments, or fatalities from exposure to World Trade Center dust. Out of 9000 firefighters, only nine came down with lung cancer. Not only was this figure less than half of the predicted rate, but all nine firefighters were smokers. [AP]
No evidence of health effects from WTC dust
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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