By Steve Milloy
April 24, 2013, New York Post
Are 9/11 responders at greater risk of cancer from their Ground Zero exposures? Or are they at greater risk of cancer from excessive post-9/11 medical testing? Continue reading
Category Archives: World Trade Center
Milloy: More Ground Zero junk science
Posted in World Trade Center
Claim: Cancer rate 15% higher than normal for 9/11 responders — JS: Nonsense
Just how would 9/11 rescue work have caused prostate cancer, for example? Continue reading
Posted in World Trade Center
Secondhand PTSD?: 9-11 mental health workers suffer trauma
“Secondary exposure to the trauma histories of others.” Continue reading
Posted in Psychology, World Trade Center
NY Port Authority Forgets Fireproofing Lesson of 9-11?
A structure built to withstand a passenger being flown into it? Continue reading
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Asthma rates double for WTC first responders?
Doubtful. Continue reading
Posted in World Trade Center
9-11 dust caused atherosclerosis in rescuers?
“Thou shalt commit junk science” is a commandment that came from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Continue reading
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9-11 firefighters at greater cancer risk?
Nope. Despite news reports about this new study in The Lancet, there was no statistically significant association between cancer incidence and (hyper-studied) World Trade Center firefighters. Ten years after the 9-11 horror, it is time to move on from the 9-11 junk science.
Posted in World Trade Center
Asbestos Fireproofing Might Have Prevented World Trade Center Collapse
By Steven Milloy
January 18, 2007, FoxNews.com
In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, I suggested in this column on Sept. 14, 2001 that many lives could have been saved if asbestos fireproofing been used in the World Trade Center. Continue reading
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Asbestos Column Raised Awareness
By Steven Milloy
September 20, 2001, FoxNews.com
Last week’s column, “Asbestos Could Have Saved WTC Lives,” produced tremendous and polarized reader response. Continue reading
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Asbestos Could Have Saved WTC Lives
By Steven Milloy
September 14, 2001, FoxNews.com
Asbestos fibers in the air and rubble following the collapse of the World Trade Center is adding to fears in the aftermath of Tuesday’s terrorist attack. The true tragedy in the asbestos story, though, is the lives that might have been saved but for 1970s-era hysteria about asbestos. Continue reading
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