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The gear that urban firefighters use isn’t practical for wildfires, but the C.D.C. said the Forest Service should equip crews with respirator masks. 1.000

👤 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Safety

Simplified: CDC said Forest Service should equip crews with respirator masks

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Their researchers found that the crews were breathing in a mix of carcinogens and other harmful chemicals. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Science

Simplified: CDC researchers found crews breathing carcinogens harmful chemicals

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The C.D.C. advised the Forest Service to ban bandannas — which offer “no degree of protection.” 1.000

👤 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Safety

Simplified: CDC advised Forest Service to ban bandannas

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent a team to investigate. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Historical

Simplified: CDC sent team to investigate Yellowstone fire

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Smoke damage isn’t the exception — it is part of the job. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Safety

Simplified: Smoke damage is part of the job

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In 1988, thousands of firefighters developed breathing problems as they fought back a monthslong fire in Yellowstone National Park. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Historical

Simplified: In 1988 thousands of firefighters developed breathing problems fighting fire in Yellowstone National Park

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Some new studies have begun to document harms at the cellular level, like cancer markers and immune system abnormalities. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Science

Simplified: New studies document harms at cellular level like cancer markers immune system abnormalities

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He takes medication to slow his decline, but is losing memories and having trouble walking. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health

Simplified: Adrian Hahn takes medication to slow decline is losing memories having trouble walking

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The agency did not act on 25 years of recommendations that it track the long-term health of its crews, so there is no definitive tally of wildland firefighters who have suffered smoke-related illness. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Policy

Simplified: Forest Service did not act on 25 years of recommendations to track long-term health of crews

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He underwent surgery, but doctors could not remove all the cancer. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health

Simplified: Adrian Hahn underwent surgery doctors could not remove all cancer

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Adrian Hahn was diagnosed with a brain tumor at 45. 1.000

👤 Adrian Hahn 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health

Simplified: Adrian Hahn was diagnosed with brain tumor at 45

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Researchers have found at least 31 carcinogens in wildfire smoke, along with other harmful particles. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Safety , Science

Simplified: Researchers found at least 31 carcinogens in wildfire smoke

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The illness firefighters fear most is cancer. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Safety

Simplified: Firefighters fear cancer most

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The risk can feel abstract, though, especially to new recruits, who sometimes join right out of high school for $15 an hour. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Finance

Simplified: New firefighter recruits sometimes join right out of high school for $15 an hour

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Many start with just five days of training. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Safety

Simplified: Many firefighters start with five days of training

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Every two weeks, they take a mandatory short break, and then can be sent back in. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Regulation , Safety

Simplified: Firefighters take mandatory short break every two weeks

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Firefighters can work 24 hours straight building this line. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Safety

Simplified: Firefighters can work 24 hours straight building fire line

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The largest share work for the Forest Service, which carries the most prestige and has the greatest influence on safety standards across the industry. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Regulation , Safety

Simplified: Largest share of firefighters work for Forest Service

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Still, research has found that supplying masks, even without making them mandatory, prompts firefighters to wear them on and off throughout their shifts. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Safety

Simplified: Supplying masks prompts firefighters to wear them on and off

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About 40,000 Americans, most of them men, fight wildfires for a living. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Statistical

Simplified: About 40000 Americans fight wildfires for a living mostly men

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