Excerpts from kobi5.com:
The Firefighter Cancer Registry Act passed this week. That act makes it possible for the government to collect data about the effects firefighters suffer, due to smoke inhalation. Ultimately, the registry could help save lives.
In addition to the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act. The Energy and Commerce Committee marked up four other bills to promote public health – including the Soar Act of 2017, the Mission Zero Act, the Action for Dental Health Act of 2017, and the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2017.
#1 by Mike on September 15, 2017 - 10:35 PM
This is a good start. Now we need to get cancer deaths counted as LODD and not duty related. When someone dies from cancer since it’s listed as duty related and not LODD the family doesn’t get the state and federal death benefits which is wrong. Especially since we lose more guys to cancer every year the we do in all the LODD’s counted. This is turning into an epidemic sadly and the least we can do is make sure the families are taken care of after their loved one is gone.