A new study has found that firefighters have a mortality rate for all cancers 1.6 times higher than other people, with researchers suggesting that excess cancer mortality is likely linked to different kinds of exposures and fire toxins.
Firefighters are more likely to die from cancer, heart attacks and strokes than the general population, a new study has found, prompting calls for action.
Riccardo la Torre, Fire Brigades Union national officer, said the findings"should horrify the fire services and the government". Researchers looked at mortality data from the National Records of Scotland - which found the number of firefighters who have died from prostate cancer was 3.8 times higher than the general population, 3.2 times higher for leukaemia, and 2.4 times higher for oesophageal cancer.
The study, which looked at mortality figures between 2000 and 2020, has now been published in the Journal of Occupational Medicine. Research suggested mortality rates from leukaemia are linked to exposure to other chemicals such as benzene from contact with skin or inhalation.
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