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"My wake-up call came when I was asked to coach Chicago firefighters in a cholesterol-reduction program. I found out that firefighters were at much greater risk of dying from a heart attack than they would ever be from putting out fires, so I was only too happy to help. As an act of solidarity, I had my own cholesterol drawn, only to discover that I had my own four-alarm fire coursing through my veins—a cholesterol level of 238! That did it for me." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"A study of 19 urban and suburban communities in Ontario, Canada, found that firefighters were able to reach 90% of all patients with cardiac arrest in eight minutes. Following the introduction of defibrillators used on several thousand patients, survival increased from 3.9% to 5.2%.17 Another study showed that with each minute defibrillation is delayed, the chances of successful resuscitation decrease anywhere from 2% to 10%.18 While such improvement is laudable—each life saved being precious—it is obvious that most people who suffer cardiac arrest die." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"Firefighter's Honey Muesli by Dave Grotto Servings: 1 • Prep time: 5 minutes This recipe was created as part of a cholesterol-lowering program for Chicago firefighters. It's quick, simple, and tasty—perfect fuel for putting out whatever kind of "fire" you're fighting! This recipe contains four powerhouse foods." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "I found out that firefighters were at much greater risk of dying from a heart attack than they would ever be from putting out fires, so I was only too happy to help. As an act of solidarity, I had my own cholesterol drawn, only to discover that I had my own four-alarm fire coursing through my veins—a cholesterol level of 238! That did it for me. But instead of my previous "nutrition smack-down" approach, I decided to slowly modify my diet by adding in the very foods you will read about throughout this book." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"They often become entrepreneurs, bond traders, salespeople, emergency room doctors, firefighters, trial lawyers, movie moguls, or advertising executives. These are jobs in which the tendency toward hyperactivity, nonlinear thinking, and risk-taking can lead to great achievements. Sporadic attention can be a real strength in a frenetic setting. People with shadows of ADHD might retain problems with organization, for-getfulness, and personal relationships, but they can get it together when the pressure is on. There are still those who think the way Sam's teacher's did." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"Firefighters were still extinguishing the fire when Harley bummed a ride to FedEx to send the grant proposal. The front of the car, meanwhile, "melted like icing." As he'd predicted, fellow scientists were not supportive. He and James were, Harley says, "body-slammed." Nevertheless, true to his word, Harley closed down some other areas of research and he and James went to work." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"They had called that autumn day to say her older sister, Virginia, had been found dead in the bedroom of her home. The firefighters had broken in and found her sister's body after her colleagues reported that the always dependable Virginia had not shown up for work on Monday and Tuesday. In fact, Friday was the last time anyone had heard from the pretty, petite fifty-nine-year-old woman with bright brown eyes, who lived alone after being twice divorced. Almost from the moment she learned of Virginia's death, Rosemary believed she knew why her sister had died." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"Some of the firefighters entered a house, sniffed here and there, and said they did not smell anything. One of the firefighters told someone it was probably something that spilled on the road and that everybody should open their windows and doors, and if problems persisted to call them back. Most of the people left. A lot of people were calling 911. Flora Bautista was babysitting her nine-month-old nephew. She had a handful of kids. Kids outside playing started running in and saying their eyes were burning, and they were coughing." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"Water-carrying helicopters and some 1,500 firefighters, including recruits from neighboring Venezuela and Argentina, fought the flames to no avail. In late March, the weather-modification experts were called in: two Caiapo Indian shamans especially flown to the Yanomami reservation, housing the last of what are believed to be Stone Age tribes. They danced around a bit and prayed, and gathered up a few leaves. Two days later, the heavens opened and it began to pour. Up to 90 percent of the fire was extinguished." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.) "Algae and other plants are the firefighters of our overheated oceans. Scientists are presently engaged in studying sediments from the ocean's floor to see how the oceans cope with rising levels of gases. They are especially interested in the reaction of marine plants to global warming, as these plants are the primary shock absorbers of excess carbon dioxide. Algae provide oxygen and other benefits to plant and animal marine life. Algae offer a little wall of protection to the creatures of the sea from the worse excesses of man. I reconsidered my resistance to Acetabularia as a test subject." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"Under Augustus, Rome had its first regular police force and fire department, but by the fourth century neither of the imperial capitals had preserved his innovation, depending entirely upon volunteer firefighters. Though each of the thirteen regular regions of Constantinople had a nominal police chief, a curator, his entire constabulary consisted of one vernaculus (a publicly owned slave who acted as the curator's messenger service) and five vicomagistri." - William Rosen, Justinian's Flea: The First Great Plague and the End of the Roman Empire (Get the book.)

"In 2003 wind-whipped fires tore across southern California, even reaching the outskirts of Los Angeles. firefighters could only stand and watch as massive tornadoes of flame rose above the conflagration. According to projections for the future drawn up by the USDA Forest Service and academics based at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the number of 'escaped' out-of-control wildfires could increase by over 50 per cent in the San Francisco South Bay area, and soar by 125 per cent on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada, further east." - Mark Lynas, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (Get the book.)

"Prior to 9/11 people generally believed that they were well looked after, and could depend on the government, the airlines, the police and firefighters to see to their safety, and then all at once they found that they couldn't rely on any of them—and the result was more inner rage, and the potential for more symptoms. Fear, loss of control, unmet dependency needs, a sense of helplessness, victimization—all such feelings were intensified by the new reality of terror, resulting in frightening and painful feelings in the unconscious and a major increase in psychosomatic symptoms." - John E. Sarno, M.D., The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders (Get the book.)

"That could be a vital question for doctors, who are often woken up in the middle of the night to make important decisions, and for firefighters who must suddenly run out to fight a fire immediately after waking up, says Dr. Robert Vorona, an assistant professor of sleep medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School. It takes some time until we're able to be efficient in our ability to make decisions and think clearly. Kenneth P. Wright, Jr.. PhD Ultimately, emergency workers may need to take the research into account when they figure out who makes the major decisions in a crisis, Wright says. " - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.) "However, people do need to think fast and clearly in emergencies, and Wright says the research could be especially relevant for firefighters, doctors and other individuals who need to function at their best soon after awakening. THE NEXT STEP Unsure of why sleep inertia occurs, researchers would like to figure out how long it takes for people to think and function clearly after waking, Wright says. "We're also interested [in finding out] if someone is [experiencing] a very intense emergency, does that affect how long it takes for the brain to wake up?" - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"You have firefighters standing by, in the form of antioxidants, which your body produces to keep the Major Ager of oxidation from wounded mitochondria in check. And medicine can help too. Statins work by decreasing the inflammation in the plaque, which slows the progression of the clogging process and reduces sudden ruptures that can lead to clot formation and sudden closure of arteries. Ultimately, though, many of our recommendations are aimed at adding to your firefighting unit so it stays fresh and is able to quench the small fires and occasional meltdowns that occur within your arteries." - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.)

"Vaccines will be controlled by governments, with key leaders first in line for inoculation, followed by medical workers and first responders such as firefighters, then workers in drug and vaccine factories, and those at most risk such as pregnant women, infants, and the elderly. Who will make the decision about who gets vaccinated after that? What agency will determine if a vaccine is safe for mass vaccination? The answer is frightening. In November 2005, the U.S." - J. E. Williams, Beating the Flu: The Natural Prescription for Surviving Pandemic Influenza and Bird Flu (Get the book.)

"For instance, a study of New York City firefighters found a "surprising" rate of abnormal scarring in the chest X rays of 226 veterans of the department that was described as being "consistent with prior asbestos exposure." The abnormal scarring occurred in 14 percent of the firefighters with no known previous exposure to asbestos. Similar scarring of the lungs or their lining was found in 35 percent of the sixty workers who were known to have worked in asbestos-insulated buildings. The actual level of asbestos to which the firefighters were exposed is unknown." - Arthur C. Upton, M.D., Staying Healthy in a Risky Environment: The New York University Medical Center Family Guide (Get the book.)

"Guilt and shame are intolerable to the child-primitive and evoke anger, emotional pain and sadness, and there is no dearth of those emotions among all of us. Many firefighters experienced survivor guilt after 9/11, guilt that they did not share their comrades' death. This reaction is well known from the experience of Holocaust survivors. Guilt is tied in with inferiority feelings and the need to be perfect-good and with all that what those tendencies imply. People blame themselves for lots of things because of their low self-esteem and their perfectionist tendencies." - John E. Sarno, M.D., The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders (Get the book.)

"Public services will also suffer, as police officers, firefighters, teachers, and others are laid off amid widespread budget cutting. Undoubtedly, the collapsing real estate market will inspire a lucid and widespread awareness of a harsh new reality. In the decade before 2006, according to the Center for Economic and Policy Research, the ballooning property market created more than $5 trillion of so-called bubble wealth, equivalent to nearly 40 percent of gross domestic product—with debts to go with it." - Michael J. Panzner, Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes (Get the book.)

"Star Wars website, a British firefighters' union and a Nurse & Midwives fair pay campaign." Nevertheless, the campaign removed the slogan at L'Oreal's request and now had a few requests for L'Oreal in return. The letter requested a meeting with company officials to discuss nine L'Oreal products — three that contained the EU-banned phthalates and six that contained known or probable carcinogens according to a new report by the Environmental Working Group. " - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.)

"But this long history does not make Australian bushfires any less dangerous to people: falling embers can sometimes start new blazes many kilometres away from the main burning area, trapping firefighters between two converging walls of flame. Most feared of all are 'crown fires', which not only speed through the treetops faster than people can run, but can also suck all the oxygen out of the air, asphyxiating anyone caught underneath." - Mark Lynas, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (Get the book.)

"Police, firefighters, military troops, and rescue teams all use infrared viewers or cameras at night to take advantage of this fact. You may have seen cop shows or crime shows on television that use night-vision cameras to spot people or other living things in the dark. Warm bodies light up like a light bulb in this part of the spectrum. The Science of Light and Matter Spectroscopy is a branch of science that studies the interaction between light and matter. All elements have their own specific frequency of light to which they attuned, in a sense." - Tom Woloshyn, The Complete Master Cleanse: A Step-by-Step Guide to Maximizing the Benefits of The Lemonade Diet (Get the book.)

"One of the firefighters told someone it was probably something that spilled on the road and that everybody should open their windows and doors, and if problems persisted to call them back. Most of the people left. A lot of people were calling 911. Flora Bautista was babysitting her nine-month-old nephew. She had a handful of kids. Kids outside playing started running in and saying their eyes were burning, and they were coughing. When she called, the emergency operator told her to sit down and calm down. The operator had Flora on the phone for forty-five minutes." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"World leaders, generals, and heads of corporations would become sick, just as would ordinary people including firefighters, police, and healthcare workers. The economies of some countries would be shattered. Schools would close. Public transportation would grind to a halt. Store shelves would be empty and not be restocked for weeks. Martial law could be needed to control rioting and looting. Local police would not have adequate manpower to maintain law and order. Troops might be used to enforce quarantines and curfews. Wall-to-wall cases would swamp hospital emergency rooms." - J. E. Williams, Beating the Flu: The Natural Prescription for Surviving Pandemic Influenza and Bird Flu (Get the book.) "For example, firefighters and nurses tend to be younger, and if they become sick, emergency response is compromised. In the best-case scenario, we'll see it coming, identify it early, and slow it down at the source. Asia is the most likely starting place, but it could happen anywhere or even in multiple places simultaneously. If we are lucky, the flu strain will be vulnerable to existing antiviral drugs and there will be enough supply." - J. E. Williams, Beating the Flu: The Natural Prescription for Surviving Pandemic Influenza and Bird Flu (Get the book.)

"The abnormal scarring occurred in 14 percent of the firefighters with no known previous exposure to asbestos. Similar scarring of the lungs or their lining was found in 35 percent of the sixty workers who were known to have worked in asbestos-insulated buildings. The actual level of asbestos to which the firefighters were exposed is unknown. This unusual rate of asbestos-related scarring in the so-called never-exposed group was startling to researchers who said they would expect to find this kind of abnormal lung scarring in less than 2 percent of the overall population. Box 6." - Arthur C. Upton, M.D., Staying Healthy in a Risky Environment: The New York University Medical Center Family Guide (Get the book.)

"Rubin, Rita, "WTC firefighters Sidelined by Persistent Cough," USA Today, September 10, 2002. 93b www.nycosh.org/#anchorl62347 93c Scanlon, P.D., "World Trade Center Cough: A Lingering Legacy and a Cautionary Tale," N Engl J Med., September 12, 2002: 347, 840-842. 94 Gonzalez, Juan, NY Daily News, April 3, 2001. www.nydailynews.com/2001 -04-03/News_and Views/City_Beat/a-105855.asp 95 Sahley, Billy, Pain and Stress Clinic, 5282 Medical Drive, #160, San Antonio, TX 78229. 800.669.2256. www.painstresscenter.com. 96 Ross, Gerald, "Terrorism and Toxic Exposures," pg." - Doris J. Rapp, M.D., Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call (Get the book.)

"Those affected probably will consist of a wide range of people including construction workers, school and building custodians, firefighters, maintenance workers, demolition workers, and many others who have been exposed to hazardous concentrations of asbestos fibers. There is growing evidence of a high rate of disease as a result of this final wave. For instance, a study of New York City firefighters found a "surprising" rate of abnormal scarring in the chest X rays of 226 veterans of the department that was described as being "consistent with prior asbestos exposure." - Arthur C. Upton, M.D., Staying Healthy in a Risky Environment: The New York University Medical Center Family Guide (Get the book.)

"And yet, the Council on Foreign Relations noted that the United States is not spending enough to prepare first responders such as emergency medical teams, firefighters, and police to handle bioterror attacks. It also found that 75 percent of state disease labs are already overwhelmed under normal conditions, and therefore would not have the capacity to act quickly in a crisis." - Elinor Levy, Mark Fischetti, The New Killer Diseases: How the Alarming Evolution of Germs Threatens Us All (Get the book.)

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