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3 days ago I got this email and I've debated posted this for numerous reasons. I was waiting to see if anyone else would cover this and since it hasn't, I decided to post about it. More than two-thirds of career firefighters will deal with some sort of cancer in their lifetime. Cadets are told that they have a 300% chance of getting cancer than the average civilian, yet they continue on.
This post is for awareness and for the opportunity to help out an organization that sacrificed its only annual fundraiser to keep everyone involved safe. If you can help, please donate. Any help is greatly appreciated. I'm not the best speaker, but I feel the post speaks for itself.
For information on firefighter cancer rates:
http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/68-percent-of-all-firefighters-fall-victim-to-cancer/
To donate:
https://firefightercancersupport.org/
If the above link doesn't work:
https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=E201016&id=1
LegitimateLogic
+1 for well sharing this with us Canadians
Itinerate
Duty is the sublimest word in the english languageYou should do your duty in all thingsYou can never do moreYou should never wish to do less
wwny
My father was a career firefighter. He almost died of cancer several years ago.
NewDadWhoDis
+1 For Awarness. Now let's get this bitch to the front page.
Deanscream
Please donate!
EldritchShadow
Huh to the science people of imgur is it because of smoke? Or some other factor like chemicals that cause the cancer ?
HallandOaters
Well smoke is a carcinogen, so yeah breathing in smoke would eventually lead to cancer. At the same time breathing in O2 can be harmful too
squintish
Probably due to fire retardant chemicals. They're carcinogenic.
JamesAwkboner
Buildings are toxic as fuck, and that's before you set them on fire. So both.