Topic

September 11 health effects

The physical and mental illnesses documented in people exposed to the dust, smoke and debris of the 2001 World Trade Center attacks and the cleanup that followed, many of which appear decades after exposure.

Current clusters

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The 25th anniversary ceremony will hold a separate silence for ground zero's later deaths

A New York thoracic surgeon writing in STAT describes an operating list still filled with 2001 responders. He is also clear that no one patient's cancer can be traced to the dust, because that answer comes only from populations.

Publishers:statnews.com

Reality

Evidence42
Adoption55
Hype gap−18
Incentives50
Confidence52

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Cancer made up about 71 percent of the conditions the World Trade Center Health Program logged last year

Twenty-five years on, the program has documented more than 139,000 health conditions in more than 150,000 enrolled survivors and responders, about 38 percent of the 400,000 people the CDC estimates were exposed after the attacks.

Publishers:scientificamerican.com

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption38
Hype gap−10
Incentives55
Confidence58