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The cost of workplace cancers

NBIRDT Staff

Posted: March 9, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Economics, Health

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Many jobs in New Brunswick involve regular exposure to carcinogens. While it is difficult—and in many cases impossible—to prove a case of cancer was caused by exposure to workplace carcinogens, some occupations are highly correlated with certain types of cancer. But until fairly recently, few occupational cancer cases qualified for Workers Compensation coverage. Firefighters have...

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