Health Headline: Study reveals a link between WTC toxic exposures and lung cancer
Findings published in JAMA Network Open show responders with more exposures had a three times higher rate of disease incidence than those with fewer exposures.
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23h agoThe health risks from toxic exposures at Ground Zero of the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks are well documented, and diseases caused by those exposures continue to plague WTC responders as we approach 25 years since 9/11. A new study, led by researchers affiliated with the Stony Brook WTC Health and Wellness Program, centers on responder disease incidence for one of the deadliest cancers – lung cancer.
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