Video of First Wash® in Action
In a three-year study completed in 2005 by the University of Cincinnati, researchers concluded that firefighters face a:
- 102% greater chance of contracting testicular cancer than any other type of worker
- 53% greater chance of multiple myeloma
- 51% greater chance of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- 39% greater chance of skin cancer
- 32% greater chance of brain cancer
- 28% greater chance of prostate cancer
- 22% greater chance of stomach cancer
Firefighter Cancer Links
- Firefighter’s Hoods Seen As Cancer Risk
- Extinguishing Cancer in Firefighters
- NFFF Hosts Occupational Cancer In The Fire Service Strategy Meeting
- Exposure – Response Study Firefighters in Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco
- Firefighters Increased Risk of Mesothelioma
- Taking Action Against Cancer In The Fire Service
- MES Firefighting Equipment & Rescue Gear
- Study of Cancer Among U.S. Firefighters
- Study of Firefighters Finds Increased Rates of Cancer
- NIOSH Science Blog – Link Between Firefighting and Cancer?
- FairWarning – Cancer Risk Higher for Minority Firefighters
- How Modern Furniture Endangers Firefighters
- Firefighter Research Shows PPE Exposure Risk
- NFF Firefighter Cancer Summit
- USA Today Firefighters have higher rates of Cancer
- Exposure-response…….Cancer of US Firefighters
- HealthNews Firefighters Face Increased Risk for Certain Cancers
Why simply atmospheric air monitoring is not always a good tool of chose to remove respiratory protection on the fire grounds
- Air Monitoring Report
- Respiratory Protection for Firefighters- Evaluation of CBRN Canisters for Use during Overhaul II
- UL Firefighter Exposure to smoke Particulates Report
- Toxicity for the primary gases found in fires
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