Head, neck cancers up significantly among 9-11 responders

[Judi Lynn]

FEB. 1, 2019 / 4:46 PM

Rutgers University researchers found that diagnoses of these cancers increased 40 percent in a group of WTC workers and volunteers over a four-year period.

ByHealthDay News

Head and neck cancers among a group of first responders to the 9/11 World Trade Center terrorist attacks are significantly higher than expected, a new study says.

Rutgers University researchers found that diagnoses of these cancers increased 40 percent in a group of WTC workers and volunteers over a four-year period.

The findings suggest there are emerging health risks among those first responders that require ongoing monitoring and treatment, according to the study.

"This excess occurrence in head and neck cancers is plausible since first responders inhaled debris clouds containing many known carcinogens," said study author Judith Graber. She's an associate professor in Rutger's School of Public Health and a researcher in the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute.

More:
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2019/02/01/Head-neck-cancers-up-significantly-among-9-11-responders/2411549053791/

[CTyankee]

1. My son was a volunteer first responder on 911. I am checking in with him about this.

also, the son in law of a good friend of ours was also a first responder (he was a NYC cop at the time). I'll mention this to him.