9/11 responder with cancer: "They died and we’re dying"

Source: CBS News

More than 5,000 cases of cancer have been linked to the toxic dust workers encountered in lower Manhattan after the attacks. One of the heroes now fighting for his life is Sal Turturici, an EMT with the New York Fire Department.

The federal government’s World Trade Center Health Program has linked Turturici’s condition to the toxins he faced at ground zero. He joins a growing list of responders who’ve fallen ill, long after the attacks.

Among the nearly 75,000 responders and survivors health officials are monitoring, they’ve certified more than 5,400 patients with 9/11-related cancers. According to Dr. Crane, that number continues to rise.

“Here at Sinai, we see 10 to 15 new cancer patients in our population every week,” Crane said.

Early studies have found 9/11 responders may have about a 10 to 30 percent higher risk of cancer than the general population. But according to doctors, there’s still a lot of research that needs to be done to understand exactly why this is happening.




Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/september-11-attacks-anniversary-15-years-first-responders-cancer/

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What was our government doing while the responders were shifting through the rubble?

Check out this link on Democratic Underground:

Former EPA head admits she was wrong to tell New Yorkers post-9/11 air was safe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141569932


Also check out this article from the Union of Concerned Scientists article at:

http://www.ucsusa.org/our-work/center-science-and-democracy/promoting-scientific-integrity/ground-zero-air-pollution.html#.V9WcfnUoSAm

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