Face-to-face with scorching wildfire: potential toxicant exposure and the health risks of smoke for wildland firefighters at the wildland-urban interface

Face-to-face with scorching wildfire: potential toxicant exposure and the health risks of smoke for wildland firefighters at the wildland-urban interface

Summary: As wildfire risks have elevated due to climate change, the health risks that toxicants from fire smoke pose to wildland firefighters have been exacerbated. Recently, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has reclassified wildland firefighters’ occupational exposure as carci...

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Main Authors: Jooyeon Hwang, Ngee-Sing Chong, Mengliang Zhang, Robert J. Agnew, Chao Xu, Zhuangjie Li, Xin Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-05-01
Series:The Lancet Regional Health. Americas
Subjects:
Wildfire
Wildland-urban interface (WUI)
Firefighter
Multi-pollutant mixtures of fire smoke
Occupational and environmental health
Exposure assessment
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667193X2300056X

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