Chemical Safety in Science Education (CheSSE) is a website with accessible, up-to date, online resources about chemical safety for schools. CheSSE offers comprehensive information on all matters related to chemical safety including risk assessments, storage of...
New guidance from the European Commission offers essential advice for both employers and workers on how to manage exposure to hazardous medicinal products (HMPs). HMPs may cause carcinogenic, mutagenic, or reprotoxic (CMR) effects in workers exposed to them...
En ny vejledning fra Europa-Kommissionen indeholder vigtige råd til både arbejdsgivere og arbejdstagere om, hvordan man bedst håndterer eksponering for farlige lægemidler. Farlige lægemidler kan have en karcinogen, mutagen eller reproduktionstoksisk effekt på arbejdstagere, der udsættes for dem. Derfor er det afgørende med god håndteringspraksis. Eksponering kan berøre såvel...
“Asbestos fibres are carcinogenic and as such there is no totally safe level of exposure” , says William Cockburn, EU-OSHA Interim Executive Director, in an interview for Euronews about the need to reduce workers’ exposure to asbestos. William also emphasises...
The heavy metals lead, arsenic, manganese and mercury are considered as the most neurotoxic agents. Exposure to plant protection products and biocides can impact plethora of severe neurological diseases. This new OSHwiki article provides a general overview of...
The European Commission has taken action to further improve the protection of workers from the health risks linked to the exposure to dangerous chemicals. In particular, the Commission proposes to amend two Directives with the aim of further lowering the...
Hvert år den 4. februar afholdes den internationale kræftdag, der skal gøre os bevidste og få os i brechen for en verden fri for kræft. EU-OSHA er stærkt engageret i kampen mod kræft, som er den vigtigste årsag til arbejdsrelaterede dødsfald i EU. Til denne indsats hører EU-OSHA's undersøgelse af arbejdstageres eksponering , der identificerer kræftrisikofaktorer på...
The European Commission has adopted a recommendation to promote a framework to assess safety and sustainability of chemicals and materials. The proposed European framework sets a common baseline for evaluating safety and sustainability – an important step to...
The non-binding guidelines for the hairdressing sector are part of jointly agreed activities to support an autonomous implementation of the European Framework Agreement on the Protection of Occupational Health and Safety in the Hairdressing Sector . The first part of the guidelines emphasises the...
This SLIC guidance document was developed for National Labour Inspectorates, with the aim of increasing inspectors’ confidence in addressing and regulating health risks from welding activities and exposure to welding fumes, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of interventions principally in...
EU-OSHA's flersprogede glossarer indeholder arbejdsmiljøtermer, der er inddelt efter interesse- eller vidensområde. De er opført i alfabetisk rækkefølge sammen med de tilhørende definitioner.
EU-OSHA har udarbejdet disse glossarer inden for rammerne af arbejdsmiljøkampagnerne for at sikre ensartet kommunikation af nøglebegreber, der er relevante for de specifikke kampagner. De indeholder arbejdsterminologi og definitioner af de mest anvendte begreber inden for områderne.
