Yesterday I shared some information about the health effects on those who were exposed to the toxic dust and fumes from the World Trade Center collapse on September 11, 2001. Last night, the Sundance Channel aired a documentary, Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11, by Heidi Dehncke-Fisher, that explores the health effects particularly on the first responders – firefighters, police officers, emergency medical personnel – and their fight to make the public aware of the danger they were exposed to at the site.

Experts say there will be long-term health effects as a result of the exposure to toxic chemicals, including mesothelioma and other serious respiratory diseases, cancer, asthma, kidney disease, heart disease and more.

The documentary says more than 2,500 different contaminants were released in the collapse, including more than 400 tons of asbestos, 90 thousand liters of jet fuel (cancer causing Benzine); lead, cadmium and mercury, which can severely impact the kidneys, PCBs, PAHs and crystalline silica.

Watch the documentary.