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Twenty-five years on, 9/11 first responders still face new health effects
Original: Twenty-five years after 9/11, researchers are still discovering health effects among first responders
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, researchers continue to identify new health effects among first responders who worked at Ground Zero. Ongoing studies link exposure to toxic dust and debris at the World Trade Center site to cancers, respiratory illness and other conditions, with new findings still emerging decades later. The anniversary has renewed attention on the long-term toll borne by rescue and recovery workers, many of whom remain under medical monitoring.
Why now: The 25th anniversary of 9/11 has prompted renewed coverage of long-term health research on first responders.
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- Twenty-five years after 9/11, researchers are still discovering health effects among first responders · Federal News Network
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