Trump Laid Off Nearly All the Federal Workers Who Investigate Firefighter Deaths
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ProPublica reported that seven of eight members of NIOSH's Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program received layoff notices while the team was examining deaths at 20 departments.
Passages and source records documenting: HHS laid off seven of eight federal firefighter-death investigatorsHHS laid off seven of eight federal firefighter-death investigators · Seven investigators received layoff notices and 20 investigations faced interruption
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ProPublica found the NIOSH layoffs would halt a firefighter cancer study and disrupt the National Firefighter Registry, which had enrolled more than 23,000 participants toward a 200,000-person goal.
Passages and source records documenting: NIOSH cuts halted a first-of-its-kind firefighter cancer studyNIOSH cuts halted a first-of-its-kind firefighter cancer study · Research and outreach were halted after team layoffs