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Firefighters are more likely to get cancer
January is Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month
National Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month By Katherine Lee | January 8, 2021 at 7:59 PM CST - Updated January 8 at 7:59 PM
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (TNN) - Firefighters are exposed to chemicals that canât be avoided in doing their job and some of those carcinogens are causing them to get cancer.
âWhat weâre finding through studies with the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, NIOSH, is that firefighters face a significant greater risk of getting cancer and dying from cancer based on occupational hazard exposures,â said Al Vitolo, legislative director of the Wichita Falls Professional Fire Fighters Association.