In past years, firefighters typically let their protective suits, or turnout gear, get soiled and potentially toxic, as this 15-year-old photo of firefighter Shane Nantz at a Charlotte training fire shows. More firehouses now have the equipment to clean the gear on site, Nantz says. Clean or not, turnout gear may contain toxic PFAS chemicals.
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COURTESY SHANE NANTZ
The evidence continues to mount that a widely used firefighting foam may be linked to high rates of cancer among U.S. firefighters.
Feb 22, 2023
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In Hawaii, Betty Lou Dugay, 64, and her husband Manny say the absence of a Lanai-based social worker and the shift to telehealth-only psychiatry has contributed to poor mental health outcomes for Betty Lou, leading her to seek off-island psychiatric hospitalization on six occasions over the last two years./Photo by Brittany Lyte
The pandemic fueled an upswing in drinking in some groups, but the trend in heavier drinking among women, as well as related liver damage and other health effects, is not new.
Jun 30, 2022
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THE HELEN R. WALTON CHILDREN’S ENRICHMENT CENTER IN BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS, ELIMINATED OR SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED EXPOSURES TO SIX MAJOR CLASSES OF CHEMICALS WHEN ITS NEW CAMPUS OPENED IN 2019./SADIE OLDEBEKEN/HELEN R. WALTON CHILDREN'S ENRICHMENT CENTER