By J. D. Heyes, contributing writer to Natural News
Protecting lives and property are two primary objectives for firefighters, but it certainly is no easy job. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), more than 160 firefighters died in the line of duty in 2013 and 2014.
But it turns out that one disease – cancer – claims many more lives of firefighters than any real-time danger they may face while on the job, according to a recent study by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“A combined population of 30,000 firefighters from three large cities had higher rates of several types of cancers, and of all cancers combined, than the U.S. population as a whole, researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and colleagues found,” the organization said in a press release.
“The new findings are generally consistent with the results of several previous, smaller studies,” the release continued. “Because the new study had a larger study population followed for a longer period of time, the results strengthen the scientific evidence for a relation between firefighting and cancer, the researchers said.”
