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Friday, November 20, 2009

Topic of Cancer

The National League of Cities launched a missile with its report, "Assessing State Firefighter Cancer Presumption Laws and Current Firefighter Cancer Research." Currently, 28 states and seven Canadian provinces have presumptive laws that recognize that firefighters are exposed to carcinogens that cannot be contained by PPE and safety procedures. But the NLC's press release on the report claimed to disprove any link between the two. Fire-service organizations responded quickly, with the International Association of Fire Chiefs and the International Association of Fire Fighters joining together to refute the report compiled ...

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