The Mystery of Cancer in Firefighters: Two Indiana Researchers Uncover Clues
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Muegge is hopeful her paper, published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine, encourages fire operations to create additional policies that protect firefighters’ health.
Peaslee is also concerned about how the turnout gear is disposed, because the chemical lasts forever.
While exposure to smoke and fumes is a factor, Peaslee suspects the cancer risk could be associated with something more “insidious.”