Firefighters’ Occupational Exposures and Health Risks
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Exposome Analysis and Risk Assessment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 1675
Special Issue Editors
Interests: firefighting; particles; occupational toxicity; cancer; cardiovascular diseases; human biomonitoring
Interests: firefighting; DNA damage; cardiovascular; air pollution; particles; PAHs; human biomonitoring; epidemiology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Firefighting activities include a combination of exposures, involving a highly complex mix of hazards such as smoke and combustion products, soot, physical exhaustion, hyperthermia and dehydration, exposure to chemicals, night work, noise and mental stress. Firefighting exposures have been associated with cancer in humans, with sufficient evidence for causality (IARC 2022). Firefighters have also been reported to suffer more from cardiovascular disease than other groups of workers in studies around the globe. Furthermore, some studies have reported affected reproductive and neurotoxic endpoints among firefighters.
The complexity of studying mechanisms of toxicity from firefighting is also challenged by differences in firefighting realities around the globe. These include the different types of fires, the different roles and tasks performed at fire scenes, the different personal protection used, the changes in protection equipment and processes used over time and the historical differences within buildings, electronics and furnishing materials and chemicals. Assessing the occupational exposures and health hazards of firefighting is therefore challenging, but it is critical for the safety of firefighters.
Authors are warmly invited to submit original research papers and state-of-the-art reviews addressing the field of firefighters’ occupational exposures and health risks. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: assessment of firefighters’ exposure to health-relevant hazards; use of biomarkers to assess occupational exposure and associated effects; mechanisms of toxicity. All submitted manuscripts will go through a rigorous peer review process.
Dr. Anne Thoustrup Saber
Dr. Maria Helena Guerra Andersen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- firefighting
- biomonitoring
- exposure assessment
- health outcomes
