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Hazardous chemicals released into the air following the collapse of the World Trade Center don’t appear to be much of a cancer risk to local residents.
Previous studies indicated the chemicals may have endangered unborn babies of women in the area. But a new report says the chemicals dissipated rapidly and any increase in the danger of cancer is small.
A team led by Stephen Rappaport of the University of North Carolina studied 243 samples, analyzing nine chemicals known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which are known to cause cancer.
