{"id":6657,"date":"2014-07-28T16:19:24","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T16:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=6657"},"modified":"2014-07-28T16:21:50","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T16:21:50","slug":"scary-statistic-about-ground-zero-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=6657","title":{"rendered":"9\/11 Ground Zero Workers Suffer Marked Increase In Cancer Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Scary statistic about Ground Zero workers<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/pshared.5min.com\/Scripts\/PlayerSeed.js?sid=281&#038;width=560&#038;height=345&#038;playList=518344109'><\/script><br \/>\n\n<\/div>\n<p>The tragic events that took place on September 11, 2001 are still threatening lives.<\/p>\n<p>The Mount Sinai Hospital&#8217;s World Trade Center Health Program reports more than 2,500 rescuers and responders\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2014\/07\/27\/cancers-among-ground-zero-workers-skyrocketing\/\" target=\"_blank\">have been diagnosed with cancer<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; that&#8217;s a significant bump from last year&#8217;s 1,140 cases.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists say the workers get cancer at a significantly higher rate than the rest of the population and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/09\/01\/911-firefighters-cancer-risks-lancet-study-zadroga-act_n_945444.html\" target=\"_blank\">studies suggest<\/a>\u00a0they also have increased rates of post-traumatic stress disorder, asthma and other respiratory disorders.<\/p>\n<p>The cancer is believed to be caused by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/12\/18\/911-cancer-study-suggesting-more-questions_n_2324906.html\" target=\"_blank\">the toxic debris<\/a>\u00a0that resulted from the collapse of the Twin Towers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Health_effects_arising_from_the_September_11_attacks#mediaviewer\/File:New_York_September_11_NEXRAD.png\" target=\"_blank\">This is a smoke plume<\/a>\u00a0coming from the World Trade Center site seen on a weather radar. Air pollution experts say the dust that floated around for months after the attack was &#8220;wildly toxic&#8221; and carried more than 2,500 contaminants.<\/p>\n<p>The Victim Compensation Fund is expected to receive more claims by the Oct. 14 deadline. As of June 30, it lists some 1,150 with more than 800 eligible for compensation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scary statistic about Ground Zero workers The tragic events that took place on September 11, 2001 are still threatening lives. The Mount Sinai Hospital&#8217;s World Trade Center Health Program reports more than 2,500 rescuers and responders\u00a0have been diagnosed with cancer\u00a0&#8211; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=6657\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}