Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances in a cohort of women firefighters and office workers in San FranciscoStudies of firefighters have shown increased exposures to carcinogenic compounds and elevated rates of certain cancers compared to the general population, yet this research has focused almost exclusively on men. To address this gap, the Women Firefighters Biomonitoring Collaborative created a biological sample archive and analyzed levels of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) among women firefighters (N=86) and office workers (N=84) in San Francisco.
Environ Sci Technol. 2020 Mar 17; 54(6): 3363–3374.
Jessica Trowbridge,1,2 Roy R. Gerona,3 Thomas Lin,3 Ruthann A. Rudel,4 Vincent Bessonneau,4 Heather Buren,5 and Rachel Morello-Frosch1