Firefighters Face Increased Risk for Certain Cancers

Cincinnati-University of Cincinnati (UC) environmental health researchers
have determined that firefighters are significantly more likely to develop
four different types of cancer than workers in other fields.

Their findings suggest that the protective equipment firefighters have used
in the past didn't do a good job in protecting them against cancer-causing
agents they encounter in their profession, the researchers say.

The researchers found, for example, that firefighters are twice as likely to
develop testicular cancer and have significantly higher rates of non-Hodgkin
's lymphoma and prostate cancer than non-firefighters. The researchers also
confirmed previous findings that firefighters are at greater risk for
multiple myeloma.

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