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Union-backed biomonitoring study samples 179 firefighters after North Bay fires; preliminary heavy-metal testing nearly complete
Summary
Local 798 and the Firefighters Cancer Prevention Foundation funded rapid biomonitoring after the North Bay wildfires; 179 firefighters were sampled, preliminary tests for heavy metals and flame-retardant chemicals are in progress, and a subset of 75 will be tested for PFAS/POPs with state lab support.
Adam Wood, a representative of Local 798 and the San Francisco Firefighters Cancer Prevention Foundation, told the commission that the foundation and academic partners rapidly organized biomonitoring after October’s North Bay wildfires to assess potential toxic exposures for deployed firefighters.
The foundation provided $100,000 to underwrite initial work and UC Berkeley researchers fast-tracked institutional review by accepting the pilot as a sub-study under an…
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