Young firefighters are dying of cancer: Is enough being done to protect them?
@lisa_fletch @andreanejman @larrywdeal for
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January is Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month. The
@WHO recently designated the job of firefighting as a carcinogen, putting it in the same category of risk as cigarettes. With young firefighters facing devastating diagnoses, we discovered failing protections, both in the gear they wear and in the insurance coverage for life-saving early screening.
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