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Firefighters found to have persistent lung damage from Fort McMurray wildfire

Title: Firefighters found to have persistent lung damage from Fort McMurray wildfire

Author: Gillian Rutherford

Keywords: Nicola Cherry, wildfires, firefighters, respiratory health, occupational epidemiology, preventive medicine

Teaser: Risk of developing asthma is more than doubled, says occupational health researcher who used the same parameters as a study on 9-11 first responders.

Link: site://folio/2021/07/firefighters-found-to-have-persistent-lung-damage-from-fort-mcmurray-wildfire

Release: July 19, 2021

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Firefighters found to have persistent lung damage from Fort McMurray wildfire