According to a study conducted in 2011,the police officers, fire fighters and volunteers who rushed to the site after the collapse of Twin Towers and were exposed to toxins are about 19% more likely to develop some form of cancer.

More than 60,270 people have been at risk of deadly diseases after inhaling dust and fumes which contained asbestos from the building’s columns and benzene from aricraft fuel. Also, the inhaled toxins included lead from 50,000 pulverized computers and mercury from light bulbs.

Without knowing it those who are now a new chapter in modern U.S. history exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, dioxins, asbestos and benzene, the fuel used in the two aircrafts that crashed on the Twin Towers. All these substances are carcinogenic whereas the incubation period is 5 to 20 years. The number of rescuers suffering from cancer after inhaling 9/11 fumes has more than doubled since last year.

According to the study published on the journal The Lancet ten years after September 11 attacks, most cancers diagnosed relate to the gastroesophageal system or blood.

One theory trying to explain the rapidly increasing number of cancer cases refer to the substances of the dust derived from the building when the aircrafts fell on them as well as the large number of chemicals contained herein.

Yet it took 11 years for federal authorities to add 58 types of cancer to the growing list that shows the variety of cancer types from which the first responders suffered. Up to September 2012, and despite the 2011 study published, only those who were suffering from asthma or traumatic shock, etc, were eligible for a compensation, as the biggest concern of authorities seemed to be the financial capabilities and not the health of these people, since if these types of cancer were included in WTC Health Program 14.5 to 33 million dollars would be required.