New research appears to highlight another tragic aftereffect of the 9/11 terror attacks.
The research was led by scientists from Stony Brook University.
Stony Brook has maintained along-running programtreating and tracking the health of 9/11 responders.
Firefighters in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in New York City.Image:Flickr/Library of Congress(Fair Use)
The team haspreviously studiedhow the chronic PTSD suffered by some responders may have contributed to other lingering health issues.
Of the 5,010 volunteers under age 60 examined, 228 had been diagnosed with early dementia.
The teams results werepublishedWednesday in the journal JAMA web link Open.
These sorts of studies can only demonstrate a correlation between two things, not a direct cause-and-effect relationship.
Other research hasfoundthat exposure to this dust can worsen cognitive health in mice.
There are still many questions left to be answered about this link that Cloustons team plans to continue studying.
And in occupational spaces, some people were obviously already aware of the benefits of masking.
So the forward-looking statement here is that more people wearing masks can help.
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