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Study Suggests Higher Cancer Risk for 9/11 Firefighters [1]

A new study says firefighters who toiled in the wreckage of the World Trade Center in 2001 were 19 percent more likely to develop cancer than those who were not there, the strongest evidence to dat

Publication Date: 
02/09/2011
New York Times (New York) [2]
Tags:
United States Of America (US) [3], Cancer [4], Health [5], Air Pollution [6], Asbestos [7]

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