By John "Skip" Coleman
Firefighting is a dirty job! One of my earliest memories of my father was the way he would smell when he came home from the fire station in the morning, that sweet smell ofsmokeon the extra set of clothes rolled up in his tomato basket. My children also know the sweet smoky smell of "working fire" perfume.
That smoke that provided the sweet smell of fire contains a lot of "stuff," and we arefinding more and more out about the stuff that is produced in fires. Chemicals ending in "-ic" and "-ide," among others, which are usually not good for the human body. Most if not all of these have cumulative effects on our health.
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