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Firefighters across Illinois are stepping into a groundbreaking 30-year health study, led by the University of Illinois Fire Institute and backed by Oak Park’s fire department. Volunteers — including retirees and volunteers — will provide blood and urine samples, track exposures, and complete health questionnaires to uncover how firefighting toxins affect genes, metabolism, and muscle tissue over time. With over 100 departments already signed on and a mobile lab rolling from station to station, the goal is clear: connect job-related exposures to long-term health outcomes — especially cancer — and ultimately reshape safety practices to protect firefighters now and for generations to come.

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