Women firefighters face high exposure to toxic PFAS chemicals

(University of California - Berkeley) San Francisco's women firefighters are exposed to higher levels of certain toxic PFAS chemicals than women working in downtown San Francisco offices, shows a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of California, San Francisco, and Silent Spring Institute. The study represents one of the first published results from the Women Firefighter Biomonitoring Collaborative, a long-term investigation into breast cancer risks faced by women firefighters.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news