r/Firefighting • u/Quick_Connection6818 • May 04 '25

News Further cuts at NIOSH including firefighters cancer registry

Among the newly terminated are those employees who worked for the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer. After CBS reported on those firings on Friday night, HHS pushed back, claiming that no CDC employee had been laid off and that the firefighter health and safety programs would remain “top priority” for the agency.

A source who worked for the firefighter registry disputed each of HHS’s claims, confirming that they’d been fired on Friday evening and noting that the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer had already been closed to new applicants. The agency’s website affirmed that the program was taken offline.

https://www.progressreport.news/p/rfk-jr-massacre-paves-way-to-give

223 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

85 comments sorted by

View all comments

90

u/18SmallDogsOnAHorse Do Your Job May 04 '25

This is impossible, Ed Kelly sent an email that he fixed this last week and he was assured they'd be operational again as early as that same day.

38

u/Eastside_Halligan May 04 '25

Please tell me you didn’t put your whole trust in the current administration being honest with Ed. They’ve shown themselves to be liars. At least wait till you see them follow through on part of it before you believe anything they say.

50

u/18SmallDogsOnAHorse Do Your Job May 04 '25

I did not, my comment was intended as sarcasm. More of a little jab at Ed for sending out that email with absolutely 0 actual evidence of actions being done, felt very used car salesmanesq to me at least.

11

u/drumpfsucksnuts May 04 '25

I doubt he read it but I took the time to reply to his email and call him out for this massive leadership failure. It felt good to at least vent. 100% no one read it.

9

u/18SmallDogsOnAHorse Do Your Job May 04 '25

Good on you for speaking up! We need more people to call out the bullshit, especially when it's bullshit that risks the lives and wellbeings of our brothers and sisters.