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September 6, 2006

Sept. 11 Responders Have More Lung Problems

A new study says that close to 70 percent of responders to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, suffered from serious lung problems.

Pulmonary-function tests revealed that World Trade Center responders had twice the rate of abnormalities as those experienced in the general population. These abnormalities persisted for months and sometimes years, the report found.

Lung Problems Rife Among WTC Responders
Lung Problems for 9/11 Rescuers More Widespread: Study

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