By KSL.com
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Labor Commission has taken a step toward finding out if firefighters and police officers with cancer and other ailments developed the diseases because of hazards associated with their jobs.
The commission is using $500,000 designated by the Legislature over the next two years to study whether cancer and other diseases are a result of public safety employees’ working conditions, which would make them eligible for workers compensation benefits.
On Wednesday, the commission began crafting the proposal it is seeking from researchers.