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"In Manhattan, Children Still Battle 9/11-Related Illnesses" [1]

"The day the Twin Towers crumbled, more than 25,000 kids inhaled toxic substances. Ten years later, many of them are suffering from health problems that still haven't gone away."



Shakthi Jothianandan reports for the Atlantic September 11, 2011.
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SEE ALSO:

"EPA Regulators Say They've Learned From 9/11 Blunders, but Critics Remain Unconvinced" (Greenwire) [3]

"Health Problems Persist Among 9/11 First Responders " (ENS) [4]

Air [5]
Disasters [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [8]
Public [9]
Source: Atlantic [2], 09/12/2011
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/manhattan-children-still-battle-911-related-illnesses [2] http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/09/in-manhattan-children-still-battle-9-11-related-illnesses/244877/ [3] http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/09/09/09greenwire-epa-regulators-say-theyve-learned-from-911-blu-24494.html [4] http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2011/2011-09-09-03.html [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [8] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast [9] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81