Research collaboration informs international classification of firefighting as carcinogenic
Research collaboration informs international classification of firefighting as carcinogenic
A longtime partnership between the Tucson Fire Department and researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences provided evidence that occupational exposure as a firefighter causes cancer.
Stacy Pigott
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Many studies, including several by the University of Arizona Health Sciences in collaboration with the Tucson Fire Department, contributed evidence that led the International Agency for Research on Cancer to determine occupational exposure as a firefighter causes cancer.
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Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Healthshipherd@arizona.edu520-626-9669The International Agency for Research on Cancer recently classified occupational exposure as a firefighter as carcinogenic, changing the previous classification of possibly carcinogenic. The reclassification came after many studies, including several led by the University of Arizona Health Sciences in collaboration with the Tucson Fire Department, supplied evidence that occupational exposure as a firefighter causes cancer.burgess-jeff_klh5157-inline_2-crop.jpg
Jeff Burgess" The IARC, the foremost international body for cancer research, is saying that firefighting is definitely associated...
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research
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