Cancer affects US firefighters

• April 23, 2024

The Cancer should be included in the list of diseases linked to the attacks of September 11, 2001 and be subject to a incentive State, demanded firefighters and members of the United States Congress in New York.

According to information from AFP, Pat Lynch , president of the charitable association of the police of New York He said that it is time to save the lifeguards who were in charge of the rescue after the terrorist attacks.

In a petition delivered to the administrator of the health program on September 11, it is requested to add coverage by Cancer in the Zadroga Law , after the publication of a medical study, which shows that the people who helped in the rescue work are more likely to get this serious disease .

"The evidence is convincing," said the congressman Jerrold Nadler , one of the authors of the compensation law , which includes funds of four billion dollars for medical treatment againstasthma , posttraumatic stress Y anxiety , among other conditions.

"Many of us already knew that the exposure to the toxics of Ground Zero has generated an increase of Cancer between lifeguards and survivors of September 11, "Nadler added.

Data of the FealFood Foundation , a support group for the rescue workers of September 11, indicate that a total of 345 firefighters and 45 police officers have died Cancer since the attacks. This number already exceeds the 343 fire-eaters and 23 uniformed soldiers who lost their lives on the day of the attacks.

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