{"id":113230,"date":"2022-08-26T16:00:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T20:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=113230"},"modified":"2022-08-26T16:00:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T20:00:47","slug":"firefighters-union-warns-of-cancer-causing-chemicals-in-protective-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/firefighters-union-warns-of-cancer-causing-chemicals-in-protective-gear\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters\u2019 union warns of cancer-causing chemicals in protective gear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Firefighters are being warned that gear designed to protect them from extreme heat contains chemicals leading to cancer.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This week, the International Association of Fire Fighters \u2014 a union representing firefighters and paramedics \u2014 and the Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association issued a joint statement advising members that \u201call three layers\u201d of their protective clothing contains Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, or PFAS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The chemicals are associated with illnesses that include liver and kidney cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A statement from IAFF president Edward Kelly called on members to reduce their exposure to PFAS by using their gear only for \u201cemergency responses where the protection is a necessity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more on this story, CHMA spoke to Glenn Miller, president of the Atlantic Provinces Professional Fire Fighters Association, part of the IAFF. He\u2019s a shift captain with the Riverview Fire Department and a trained paramedic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CHMA started by asking him about the prevalence of cancer among members.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-113230-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CI_Tantramar-Report.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CI_Tantramar-Report.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CI_Tantramar-Report.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefighters are being warned that gear designed to protect them from extreme heat contains chemicals leading to cancer. This week, the International Association of Fire Fighters \u2014 a union representing firefighters and paramedics \u2014 and the Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association issued a joint statement advising members that \u201call three layers\u201d of their protective clothing contains&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":113216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,223],"tags":[18192,3342,18190,18191],"radio":[227],"origine":[274,275,277],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113230"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113232,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113230\/revisions\/113232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113230"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=113230"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=113230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}