HHS Guts Work On Firefighter Health And Safety

April 25, 2025 Science, Trump Administration

Politico reports:

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s congressionally mandated Health Hazard Evaluation program is one of many health and safety services on which firefighters depend that’s been shrunk or eliminated by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “reduction in force” — a purge of more than 10,000 employees. Firefighters are regularly exposed to toxins and chemicals that affect their physical and mental health, problems compounded by stress and irregular sleep.

Workers running the Center for Firefighter Safety, Health and Well-being, which includes the Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program that researches why first responders get sick and die and how to prevent it, were laid off. Services for hundreds of thousands of people exposed to toxins on 9/11 — including thousands of firefighters — are hampered by cuts to NIOSH’s World Trade Center Health Program, which researches and treats cancers and other health problems linked to the terrorist attack.

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