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Topline: What’s known so far: Preliminary testing indicates that, on average, lead levels were five times greater than a control group, according to reports . Mercury levels were also three times greater. The research is part of the 10-year-long L.
A. Fire Health Study , which launched recently . Why this matters: There's been a lot of concern over the potential health effects from the fires for residents and first responders, and researchers are in the early stages of tracking short and long-term outcomes.
Firefighters already face high cancer risks in the profession. They could be more vulnerable to brain and nervous system problems from mercury exposure, according to the California Department of Public Health, as well as lifelong reproductive and heart issues from lead poisoning. What's next: The research paper, which was submitted to the journal Nature Medicine, has been preliminarily accepted, according to Carly Stearnbourne from the Harvard Chan School of Public Health.
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