(The Center Square) - Twenty-five years after 9/11, health effects for first responders and others exposed to toxins at ground zero are still piling up.
An estimated 400,000 people were exposed to toxic contaminants and subjected to physical injury in the hours and days that followed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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Lucchini: 9/11 Responders Living in Florida Feel "Forgotten"
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