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April is Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month. 9/11 first responders and people who were near Ground Zero on and after 9/11 are at risk of developing many respiratory illnesses and 68 different types of cancer — including esophageal cancer. According to a report from the American Cancer Society, an estimated 20,640 new esophageal cancer cases will […]

After the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, 1,500 sanitation workers were dispatched to Ground Zero. These workers – most from the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) – contributed enormously to search-and-rescue efforts, even as the department continued to provide its regular services of refuse collection and street cleaning. […]

March is Kidney Cancer Awareness Month. Nearly half a million first responders and survivors were exposed to Ground Zero toxins after 9/11. They now have an elevated risk for many respiratory illnesses and 68 different types of cancer, including kidney cancer. In 2022, an estimated 79,000 people will be diagnosed with kidney cancer — 50,290 […]

All of the 500,000 first responders and people who were working, living, and studying below Canal Street in Manhattan on and after 9/11 were exposed to Ground Zero toxins. These toxins dramatically increase the 9/11 community’s risk of developing 68 different types of cancers and a host of respiratory illnesses. These first responders and survivors […]

If you were a 9/11 first responder or you worked, lived, or studied in Lower Manhattan on and after 9/11, you have a higher risk of developing 68 types of cancer and many respiratory illnesses, including obstructive sleep apnea. The most common form of sleep apnea, obstructive sleep apnea blocks the flow of air through […]

A recent study found that first responders who were deployed at the World Trade Center site on and after 9/11 have a higher rate of developing “clonal hematopoiesis” – blood cell mutations that increase the risk of blood cancer.These mutations often occur as a result of exposure to toxins, for example from smoking tobacco, or […]