APS Radio: Dr. Jeff Burgess

Dr. Jeff Burgess from the University of Arizona speaks with host Jim Burneka about the recent announcement from the World Health Organization on the occupation of firefighting and cancer. Dr. Burgess was one of 25 international experts that traveled to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) located in Lyons Paris this June to review the occupational classification of firefighting. On July 1, it was released that the occupational exposures obtained as a firefighter, has been upgraded to a Group 1 Carcinogen (carcinogenic to humans). More information on the recent IARC findings can be found here.