“Our fear is that cancer diagnoses will only rise as we move into the next 25 years,” researchers with Northwell Health’s World Trade Center program said

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Over 57,000 cancer cases have been linked to toxic exposure from 9/11 debris, with rates continuing to rise, Jacqueline Moline, MD, the director of the Northwell WTC Health Program

Northwell Health researchers warn cancer diagnoses could increase dramatically in the next decade

“There has been a twofold increase in lung cancer in just five years,” Moline said

New data reveals that 25 years after 9/11, cancer cases for individuals who were in the area at the time have spiked.

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