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Detects PAHs from jet fuel in lung cancer tissue, suggesting a link to exposure from 9/11.
The world trade center disaster emitted a toxic plume which included multiple carcinogens, including commercial jet fuel JA-1, asbestos, and radioactive particles. Until recently, lung cancer rates in exposed individuals were not more frequent than those of the unexposed civilians. We report finding burned PAH in the center of a lung cancer specimen from a patient exposed to the plume on 9/11. These PAH chemicals burned at a temperature of 300°C prior to inhalation, supporting the concept that commercial jet fuel, JA-1, induced cancer, at least, in part. The temperature is not consistent with the combustion temperature of tobacco cigarettes.
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