Monday, August 23, 2004
 New York Daily News August 22, 2004: Fourteen search and rescue dogs have died since their exposure to toxic rubble from the Sept. 11 terrorist attack - including eight from cancer, according to a study by the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine...
Owners whose dogs have died still blame the toxic brew the dogs immersed themselves in during the hunt for survivors and remains...
Dr. Cynthia Otto, the study's lead researcher [and her] team, which has been monitoring the health of 97 dogs who worked at Ground Zero, the Pentagon and the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island, did find "significantly higher" antibodies in the search dogs in the first year after the terrorist attack.
The elevated presence of antibodies, she explained, showed the dogs had been exposed to foreign substances that pressed their immune systems into higher gear.
[...] See also our  EXCLUSIVE: Depleted uranium whistleblowers on 9/11 cover-up
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