Firefighter Body Burden Study

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Firefighters have significantly elevated rates of multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, prostate, and testicular cancer. These four types of cancer can be related to exposure to dioxins and/or furans.

The Green Science Policy Institute is helping firefighters to measure levels of dioxins, furans and other toxics that they are exposed to while fighting fires to see if these could be contributing to their increased cancer incidence.

Related Articles:
Kang, Davis, et al.: Cancer Incidence Among Male Massachusetts Firefighters
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE 51:329–335 (2008)

LeMasters, Genaidy, et al.: Cancer Risk Among Firefighters: A Review and Meta-analysis of 32 Studies
JOEM • Volume 48, Number 11, November 2006