9/11 firefighters hit by autoimmune diseases

• Autores: Clare Wilson
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3014, 2015, pág. 11
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The attack on the World Trade Center changed the world 13 years ago. Nearly 16,000 firefighters and other emergency crew worked on the site over a period of 10 months after the attack. As well as higher rates of cancer and respiratory problems, it now seems these people are more likely to suffer from autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. When the twin towers fell in 2001, they created an enormous amount of airborne dust that included pulverized cement, glass, silica, asbestos, lead and dioxins. Fires continued to burn for three months afterwards.