Piero Bosio Web Site

A tough read. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/us/wildfire-firefighter-cancer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kE8.lFpo.yRYLm45vJ-rw&smid=url-share

"(Wildfire firefighting) was once done almost exclusively by government crews, but ... after a series of staffing cutbacks, the USFS turned to logging and forestry companies for help. The contracts were so lucrative they launched a new industry. ... A political backlash against the practice of sending inmates to fight wildfires for dollars a day has further accelerated this trend in places like California, where the use of contract crews has tripled..."

@didib Danke für's virtuelle Mitnehmen in Text und Bild.