Archive for May 2016
Bill Would Create Cancer Registry for Firefighters
WASHINGTON – Firefighters contract cancer 14% more often than other people because of the toxins they’re exposed to on the job, according to congressional lawmakers who want to establish a registry to track those cancer cases. Legislation unveiled Tuesday would create a National Firefighter Cancer Registry and direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to track the types of…
Read MoreGovernment to Study Chemical Threat to Subways
The feds will spend a week in city subway stations trying to figure out how vulnerable they are to chemical or gas terrorist attacks. The Department of Homeland Security will stage several simulated airborne particle attacks in Grand Central, Times Square and Penn stations from Monday to Friday. The tests will involve sending inert tracer…
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