#WorkerSafety #HeatProtection #OccupationalHealth
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A California study has lessons for efforts to protect workers from excessive heat
It's long been understood that working outside in hot weather can be dangerous: Even ancient Egyptians worried about dehydration for workers building the pyramids.
#FirefighterCancer #OccupationalHealth #FirefightingSafety
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Local firefighters confront cancer risks from on-the-job exposures
Matt Frank, a lieutenant at the Tacoma Fire Department, has spent over half of his life in the fire service.
It's because of that work, he says, that he's contracted cancer twice, a disease that's becoming all too common for firefighters.
