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Section sizes Section size for Health effects arising from the September 11 attacks (37 sections) Section name Byte count Prose size (words) Header Total Header Total (Top) 2,360 2,360 159 159 Exposures and conditions 1,020 19,014 74 1,259 Toxic dust 7,573 7,573 530 530 Cancer risk 4,475 4,475 379 379 Psychological effects 4,143 4,143 80 80 Reactions 1,803 1,803 196 196 Monitoring and compensation 5,526 8,535 437 645 Compensation 3,009 3,009 208 208 Vulnerable individuals 1,392 33,467 128 1,482 First responders 4,589 26,890 379 855 Examples of health issues 4,866 20,531 336 336 General list of deceased due to health effects 15,665 15,665 0 0 Legal 1,770 1,770 140 140 Various volunteers 1,670 1,670 160 160 Communication workers 421 421 54 54 Janitorial workers 573 573 36 36 Financial district personnel 742 742 60 60 Educators and students 1,779 1,779 189 189 Controversies 21 27,039 0 2,458 President George W. Bush's alleged manipulation of EPA statements 761 761 51 51 Early statement by Christine Todd Whitman 682 682 95 95 Alleged EPA deceptions about Ground Zero air quality 4,307 4,307 303 303 Alleged government downplaying of health risks 6,044 6,044 441 441 Handling of cleanup procedure 1,977 1,977 270 270 Lawsuit, settlement, and treatment costs 5,602 5,602 512 512 World Trade Center health administrators 2,242 2,242 222 222 Lawsuit by area residents 3,162 3,162 291 291 Ground Zero workers' and area residents' protests 898 898 136 136 Ground Zero workers' lawsuit 1,343 1,343 137 137 Documentaries 304 304 0 0 See also 288 288 0 0 References 30 30 0 0 Further reading 235 629 0 0 Books 394 394 0 0 External links 1,513 2,953 0 32 Ground Zero environmental advocacy organizations 741 741 0 0 Worker organizations 699 699 32 32 Total 94,619 94,619 6,035 6,035

General list of deceased due to health effects

I'm thinking that this list would be better formatted as a table so that the format can easily remain consistent. It's a very long list and the structure appears to break down significantly towards the end. I've already done the work of putting it into a table, I just want to see what other people think before I implement it.

QuadColour (talk) 12:56, 15 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Add the following informative paragraph to the 'Cancer Risk' section:

Through the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer as a result of their physical exposure to the toxins in the World Trade Center blast zone or the surrounding New York City area between September 11, 2001, and May 30, 2002, are able to receive financial compensation for the collateral damage they personally suffered because of the attack. Through free legal guidance, affected individuals can clarify their specific eligibility for the VCF, while receiving the necessary logistic aid in order to fulfill a compensation claim by the current cut-off date for ‘timely’ applications, July 29, 2021. ^[1][2][3] MCN209 (talk) 09:15, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Done @MCN209: See diff. P,TO 19104 (talk) (contribs) 15:36, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

1. "September 11th Victim Compensation Fund". Victim Compensation Fund. Victim Compensation Fund. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
2. "What happens if I register with the VCF after July 29, 2021?". Victim Compensation Fund. Victim Compensation Fund. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
3. "World Trade Center Cancer Claims Lawyer". Pintas & Mullins Law Firm. Pintas & Mullins Law Firm. June 22, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020./

The last (single sentence) paragraph of the lead summary should be moved to the first

It also needs to stated somewhere within the article itself, as the lead summary should be only what its name says it is (a summary of the article). 94.246.147.217 (talk) 08:59, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Missing the word "Radiation" and/or "Radioactive"

I've been listening to stories about the "toxic dust" from 9/11 for decades. The dust was either tested for radioactivity or it was not. This Article should at least mention the subject of radioactivity, one way or the other. The fact that the Article is silent on the subject is an indicator that Wikipedia is complicit in some kind of cover-up. Wikipedia is not censored, and yet this question about 9/11 appears to be intentionally left-out. Here because I read an Article about a person that died from cancer after she survived 9/11 and the natural question was whether or not it was radiation that caused the cancer that killed her. Why is radiation and cancer an acceptable topic with Chernobyl, but not with 9/11. Did they test for it or not? If not, then SAY that. Make people wonder why not.72.180.111.79 (talk) 00:07, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Toxic does not mean radioactive. There are no sources that discuss any radioactivity associated with 9/11 so it is not discussed here either. There are plenty of other dusts, like silica, that cause cancer but are not radioactive. -- Reconrabbit 15:44, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]