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9/11 doc: Zadroga shouldn't cover cancer

Originally published: July 26, 2011 5:56 PM
Updated: July 26, 2011 10:14 PM
By KERY MURAKAMI  kery.murakami@newsday.com

John Feal of the Feal Good Foundation spoke

Photo credit: Steven Sunshine | John Feal of the Feal Good Foundation spoke briefly at a town hall style meeting at 52 Broadway in Manhattan. (June 29, 2011)

A federal agency Tuesday said there isn't enough evidence linking cancer with toxins in the air at Ground Zero after the Sept. 11 attacks to justify making the illness a condition covered by the Zadroga Act.

Officials with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health announced the results after a review of medical and scientific research of the toxins unleashed when the Twin...

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