Firefighters exposed to more potentially harmful chemicals than previously thought

ScienceDaily
Aug 20, 2020, 4:42 pm169 pts
On-duty firefighters experienced higher exposures of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, which are a family of chemicals that are known to have the potential to cause cancer.

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