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SFFCPF is dedicated to securing grant funding to implement and collaborate on research studies examining the known link between firefighting toxic exposures and cancer. We collaborate with major research institutions (UCSF, UC Berkeley and Stanford), as well as, organizations focused on biomonitoring and the analysis of firefighting gear and firefighting foam for the presence of toxic chemicals. We will not stop searching until there is a cure.
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How Firefighters’ Life-Saving Work Puts Them at a Higher Risk of Cancer
PBS The life expectancy for firefighters is ten years less than the average person and it’s not just [...]
Disposition of Fluorine on New Firefighter Turnout Gear
Environmental Science and Technology Firefighter turnout gear is essential for reducing occupational hazards during fire ground operations. It [...]
Silicone Dog Tag Study
Environment International Occupational chemical hazards in the fire service are hypothesized to play a role in increased cancer [...]
Matchmakers: How Basket Trials Match Patients With Drugs Based on Their Tumors
Sonya Collins, Cure Magazine When a firefighter is diagnosed with cancer, one question our Navigation Team always asks [...]
NBC Bay Area News: Toxins Found in Air, Firefighter Gear. SFFCPF Funds Research.
NBC Bay Area "Toxins Found in Air, Firefighter Gear Are Health Hazards: Report" is a must see, locally-aired [...]
Tiny Smoke Particles Could Make Wildfires Particularly Harmful to Human Health
NBC News SFFCPF has partnered with Stanford University to learn more about the effects that exposure to tiny [...]
Harvard University Discovers Fire Station Dust Loaded with PFAS in Published Study
Station Pride In a recent peer-reviewed study by Harvard University that was published in the Journal of Exposure [...]
Resolutions Pass to Protect Firefighters from Toxic Substances in PPE
San Francisco Firefighter Cancer Prevention Foundation Delegates at the IAFF 55th Convention voted overwhelmingly in favor of resolutions [...]
Urgent Action Needed to Protect Firefighters from Cancer
Fire Brigades Union In a recent report by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), commissioned by the Fire [...]
Results of 2018 Camp Fire FireFighter Biomonitoring Study
By Sharyle Patton, Director Commonweal The aggregate results of the November 2018 Camp Fire study raises major concerns [...]
Gear Treated with ‘Forever’ Chemicals Poses Risk to Firefighters
By Jessica Sieff with Notre Dame News Firefighters face occupational hazards on a daily basis. Now, new research shows [...]
Another Pathway for Firefighter Exposure to PFAS – Firefighter Textiles
Dr. Graham Peaslee Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and related chemicals have been a topic in the fire service, with [...]
Study of Smoke Exposure in Retired San Francisco Firefighters
By Stanford University Wildfires in California and elsewhere are increasing at an alarming rate and will only get worse with [...]
The Ways That PFAS Chemicals Might Cause Cancer
By Buzzfeed News PFAS chemicals, which have turned up in drinking water in cities across the US, have [...]
Women Firefighters Face High Exposure to Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’
By UC Berkeley News In 2012, the Women Firefighters Biomonitoring Collaborative, led by Silent Spring Institute and UC Berkeley researchers, [...]
Perfluoroalky Substances in Women Firefighters
By ACS Publications Studies of firefighters have shown increased exposures to carcinogenic compounds and elevated rates of certain [...]
Cancer in General Responders Participating in World Trade Center Health Programs, 2003–2013
By JNCI Cancer Spectrum Following the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC), thousands of [...]
The BRCA2 Gene Fault Isn’t Only a Cancer Risk For Women
By Science Alert Researchers say the BRCA2 gene fault isn't only a cancer risk for women. Scientists at [...]
‘Nobody Gets Out Without Damage’: What Fighting Fire Does to the Body
By The Guardian The quest to understand the toxic effects of fighting wildfires has taken on a new [...]
New Threats Put Wildfire Fighters’ Health on the Line
By New York Times (feat. Capt Matt Alba) America's rapid suburban expansion into the wilderness, combined with the [...]