9.11 Claims Another Victim

[Clyde]

Marcy Borders, 9/11 ?Dust Lady,? Dies of Cancer at 42 - The Root

 

Many will remember this picture of a lady being covered in debris. She died of cancer.

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

Has there ever been any definitive link made between the dust and air pollution from 9/11 and the cancer?

[GRC Hoops]

Has there ever been any definitive link made between the dust and air pollution from 9/11 and the cancer?

 

World Trade Center - Asbestos Exposure & Health Concerns of Workers

 

During the time when the World Trade Center was planned and constructed, asbestos was a very prevalent building material. It was highly heat resistant, easy to incorporate into a number of materials and relatively inexpensive. As a result, asbestos-containing products like insulation, drywall, steel and fireproofing materials were incorporated into a number of structures within the World Trade Center buildings. An estimated 400 tons of asbestos were used.

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

World Trade Center - Asbestos Exposure & Health Concerns of Workers

 

During the time when the World Trade Center was planned and constructed, asbestos was a very prevalent building material. It was highly heat resistant, easy to incorporate into a number of materials and relatively inexpensive. As a result, asbestos-containing products like insulation, drywall, steel and fireproofing materials were incorporated into a number of structures within the World Trade Center buildings. An estimated 400 tons of asbestos were used.

 

I though asbestos exposure resulted in asbestosis and mesothelioma...both lung issues. This woman died of stomach cancer.

[lawildcat]

I though asbestos exposure resulted in asbestosis and mesothelioma...both lung issues. This woman died of stomach cancer.

 

Along with inhaling all of that dust, I'm sure she swallowed some as well. Could have been from that.

[GRC Hoops]

I though asbestos exposure resulted in asbestosis and mesothelioma...both lung issues. This woman died of stomach cancer.

 

Asbestos Cancer - Mesothelioma, Lung Cancer & Other Cancers

 

Symptoms that affect the pelvis, abdomen and digestive system could be signs of peritoneal mesothelioma, gastrointestinal cancer, colorectal cancer, kidney cancer and ovarian cancer. Be watchful of abdominal swelling and pain, digestion issues, changes in bowl habits and nausea. Women should be mindful of menstrual changes, pain during sex, back pain and fatigue, because these are symptoms of ovarian cancer.

[TAC]

For 10 years after 9/11 she suffered depression and abused drugs and alcohol. Had been clean since 2011.

So not sure if the dust got her, but the nightmare of the tragedy surely did.