Dust From 9/11 Still Threatens Childhood Health
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Children who lived near the World Trade Center on 9/11 were coated with dust, and while most research has focused on first responders, kids exposed then—like Jacob and Sarah Fortinsky—may still face lasting respiratory and other health risks, underscoring the need for long‑term monitoring of those childhood exposures.
- 9/11’s Dust and Ash Coated Their Childhood. Is It Still Making Them Ill? The New York Times
- Health: The Fight For The Health Of 9/11 First Responders : 1A NPR
- Decades after 9/11, toxic dust and PTSD may be accelerating brain aging among first responders PBS
- 25 years later, 9/11 is still claiming lives Mother Jones
- Mount Sinai doctors knew 9/11’s health toll would last decades. They’re still seeing it 25 years later New York Post
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