Nearly 10,000 Americans suffer from cancer because of the 9/11 terrorist disaster

The World Trade Center federal health program, the US said nearly 10,000 people had cancer due to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

The New York Post on August 11 led data from World Trade Center, said 9,795 people with cancers related to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. These include field rescuers and responders, residents, students and people working in lower Manhattan areas when the 110-story twin towers collapsed. Among them, 420 died.

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Smoke rose after the plane crashed into the twin towers.(Photo: NASA).

More than 11,000 firefighters from the New York City fire department have repeatedly participated in rescue and remediation after the explosion.

Studies have shown that rescue workers in the field after collapsing buildings have extremely high rates of thyroid cancer, skin cancer and bladder cancer compared to the average rate of the population. . Other cancers that occur in other subjects with dust and smoke of an explosion include breast cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, leukemia and blood cell disorders.

A study published in the New England medical journal one year after the disaster that refers to "sickness World Trade Center" , described as a continuous cough after exposure to the terrorist scene.

However, one big problem that challenges investigators is one in four Americans who develop cancer signs at some stage in their lives, so it is difficult to distinguish specific cases of intercourse. related to 9/11. Besides, the attacked towers were built between 1968 and 1973, when some banned construction materials were still in use.

According to Sputnik, after the two World Trade Center towers were stabbed, 91,000 liters of aircraft fuel destroyed the upper part of the tower in a fire of about 1,000 degrees Celsius. After the tower fell, the fire smoldered in the pile. decay continues 4 months, until December 19. These fires burned a wide range of toxic materials to humans, including lead in cables and PCBs in transformers.

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Control of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NIOSH) in 2011 said that it is still not possible to propose the introduction of cancer or a type of cancer on the list of diseases related to the day of terrorism. 9/11 That decision is very important for the affected people to be provided with appropriate medical support and services under the medical law and compensation for James Zadroga September 11.