Journal ArticleEnvironmental health : a global access science source · November 2025
BackgroundFirefighters have frequent exposure to carcinogens and an increased risk of cancer. Wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires, which involve both structures and undeveloped wildland fuels, pose unique challenges to the health of firefighters. ...
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Journal ArticleEnvironmental research · August 2025
The occupation of firefighting is classified as a Group 1 carcinogen. Increased cancer risk among firefighters may be partly attributable to increased occupational exposure to a range of chemicals, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Some ...
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Journal ArticleJMIR research protocols · April 2025
BackgroundFirefighters are at an increased risk of cancer and other health conditions compared with the general population. However, the specific exposures and mechanisms contributing to these risks are not fully understood. This information is cr ...
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Journal ArticleToxics · February 1, 2025
Firefighters are occupationally exposed to many chemicals, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are formed by the incomplete combustion of organic matter during fire response and training activities. However, due to the harsh environmen ...
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Journal ArticleEnvironmental and molecular mutagenesis · January 2025
Wildland-urban interface (WUI) firefighting involves exposure to burning vegetation, structures, and other human-made hazards, often without respiratory protection. Response activities can last for long periods of time, spanning multiple days or weeks. Epi ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental medicine · December 2024
ObjectiveTo describe volunteer firefighters' perspectives on how firefighter- and fire department-level factors influence their physical activity and fitness.MethodsFirefighters (n = 28) were interviewed, stratified by their years of fire ...
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Journal ArticleAmerican journal of industrial medicine · May 2024
BackgroundAlthough firefighters have increased risk for colon and prostate cancer, limited information exists on screening practices for these cancers in volunteer firefighters who compose two-thirds of the US fire service. We estimated the preval ...
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Journal ArticleEnvironmental and molecular mutagenesis · January 2024
Prostate cancer is the leading incident cancer among men in the United States. Firefighters are diagnosed with this disease at a rate 1.21 times higher than the average population. This increased risk may result from occupational exposures to many toxicant ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · September 2023
BackgroundPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) comprise a large group of chemicals that have been integrated into a wide variety of industrial processes and consumer products since the 1950s. Due to their profuse usage and high persistence i ...
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Journal ArticleAmerican journal of industrial medicine · May 2023
BackgroundFirefighters have occupational and environmental exposures to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The goal of this study was to compare serum PFAS concentrations across multiple United States fire departments to National Health a ...
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Journal ArticleArchives of environmental & occupational health · January 2022
There is a substantial burden of occupational health effects from heat exposure. We sought to assess the accuracy of estimated core body temperature (CBTest) derived from an algorithm that uses sequential heart rate and initializing CBT,1
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Journal ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental medicine · December 2021
ObjectivesWe use a qualitative method to gain further insight into women firefighters' experiences, perceptions of cancer, health, and safety risks in the fire service.MethodsWe conducted six focus groups with U.S. women firefighters. Par ...
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Journal ArticleEpigenomics · October 2021
Background: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are persistent chemicals that firefighters encounter. Epigenetic modifications, including DNA methylation, could serve as PFASs toxicity biomarkers. Methods: With a sample size of 197 fi ...
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Journal ArticleEpigenetics Insights · January 1, 2021
Firefighters are exposed to a variety of environmental hazards and are at increased risk for multiple cancers. There is evidence that risks differ by ethnicity, yet the biological or environmental differences underlying these differences are not known. DNA ...
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Journal ArticleCurrent environmental health reports · December 2019
Purpose of reviewThe burden of heat-related adverse occupational health effects, as well as traumatic injuries, is already substantial. Projected increases in mean temperatures and extreme events may increase the risk of adverse heat health effect ...
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Journal ArticleScandinavian journal of work, environment & health · November 2019
Objectives The primary objective of this study was to assess the relationship between heat exposure and occupational traumatic injuries among construction workers. Methods We assessed the relationship between humidex, a measure of apparent temperature, and ...
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Journal ArticleApplied ergonomics · February 2018
BackgroundWe sought to evaluate potential mediators of the relationship between heat exposure and traumatic injuries in outdoor agricultural workers.MethodsLinear mixed models were used to estimate associations between maximum work-shift ...
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Journal ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives · August 2017
BackgroundEnvironmental heat exposure is a public health concern. The impacts of environmental heat on mortality and morbidity at the population scale are well documented, but little is known about specific exposures that individuals experience.
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Journal ArticlePloS one · January 2016
BackgroundRecent research suggests that heat exposure may increase the risk of traumatic injuries. Published heat-related epidemiological studies have relied upon exposure data from individual weather stations.ObjectiveTo evaluate the ass ...
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Journal ArticleEnvironmental health : a global access science source · January 2016
BackgroundExposure to excessive heat kills more people than any other weather-related phenomenon, aggravates chronic diseases, and causes direct heat illness. Strong associations between extreme heat and health have been identified through increas ...
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