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Originally Posted by ken0042
The one thing with worker's comp- I seem to recall hearing that even fire fighters were having problems getting comp for long term exposure to smoke; and that is something that by it's very nature is a danger that firefighters would be exposed to.
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If you are referring to the story of firefighters in Nepean (a former suburb of Ottawa) that had/have been dying of cancer that were denied the benefits they should receive if they were injured on the job. The group of firefighters who got cancer even though they didn't have any of the risk factors associated with getting cancer had no connection other then they all worked out of the same fire station.
It hasn't been proven what has caused this group to get cancer although the fire station they worked at has had a strange smell in it from day one.