The National Firefighter Registry Progress Update

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• Personal Author:
  Fent, Kenneth W. ; Siegel, Miriam ; Mayer, Alexander ; Wilkinson, Andrea
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Division of Field Studies and Engineering. Field Research Branch
• Description:
  Version: 8/22/2022 ; Revised in response to NFR Subcommittee Report dated 08/04/2020 ; Revision approved by DFSE and NIOSH Office of Director on 10/29/2020 ; Revision approved by DFSE and NIOSH Office of Director on 8/22/2022 ; Cancer risk in the U.S. fire service is a topic of growing concern, and firefighters' occupational exposure to hazardous contaminants is thought to play an important role in their excess cancer risk. Dozens of chemicals classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as known or probable carcinogens (IARC, 2010; IARC, 2020) have been identified on the fireground. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) metabolites, some of which are classified as known or probable carcinogens by IARC, have been identified in firefighters' urine after fire responses (Fent et al., 2014).
• Subjects:
  • Air Pollutants, Occupational
  • Firefighters
  • Occupational Exposure
  • Occupational Health
  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
  • Volatile Organic Compounds
• Document Type:
  Text
• Corporate as Subject:
  National Firefighter Registry.
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  82 numbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063152
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/121301/cdc_121301_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.82 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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