Cancer-Incidence Rates Higher Than Expected Among World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers April 23, 2013 Comprehensive study by Mount Sinai’s WTC Health Program published in Environmental Health Perspectives.
Reuters – "U.S. to Cover Cancer Treatment for 9-11 Responders" September 10, 2012 The 70,000 surviving firefighters, police officers and other first responders who raced to the World Trade Center after the attacks of September 11, 2001 will be entitled to free monitoring and treatment for some 50 forms of cancer.
ABC News – "World Trade Center Health Program Will Care for Ground Zero Cancer Victims" September 10, 2012
CBS42.com – "9-11 First Responders Struggle with Cancer" August 26, 2012 Ten years after the World Trade Center attack some of the first responders to the disaster are now finding out they have cancer.
CBSnews.com – "Cancer Coverage Recommended for Ground Zero Workers" June 8, 2012 The recommendation that 50 types of cancers be covered is the latest step in a decade-long struggle for ground zero workers to get the government to agree their illnesses were caused by toxins there.
