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Firefighters who take skin decontamination measures immediately after fighting fires may reduce skin absorption of potentially cancer-causing compounds, according to study results.
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Congressmen Chris Collins and Bill Pascrell Jr. (New Jersey) celebrated President Donald Trump signing into law H.R. 931, the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act. The legislation they authored together will require… View Article
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The results showed that firefighters had approximately 20% increased risk of prostate cancer, somewhat lower than the previous two meta-analyses found. However, occupational title may be an inaccurate measure of… View Article
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Firefighters may be exposed to toxic combustion products not only during fire fighting operations and training, but also afterwards as a result of contact with contaminated structural fire fighting ensembles…. View Article
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Two reviews with meta-analyses, including studies through 2003 and 2007, respectively, found that firefighters had approximately 30% elevated risk of prostate cancer. The objective was to perform an updated review… View Article
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The 346 000 career firefighters and 783 000 volunteer firefighters in the USA (NFPA, 2013a) are potentially exposed to a variety of different chemicals during fire suppression. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons… View Article
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Recent statistics from the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) show an alarming trend‚Äîthe number of firefighters dying of cancer has skyrocketed since 1950. The Firefighter Cancer Support Network (FFCSN)… View Article
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Reading smoke is one thing – breathing it is completely different. Firefighters need to understand that todays fire smoke is more dangerous then ever.
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In late April 2013, the Firefighter Cancer Support Network (FCSN) invited a small group of experts to Indianapolis to develop a white paper on cancer in the fire service.