The Agricultural Social Mutuality (MSA) is an occupational accident insurance agency for the agriculture sector. It published several documents on chemicals in agriculture, including advice on skin protection, understanding labels, personal protective equipment and other topics.

The document consists of 121 questions and answers regarding chemicals at the workplace taken from real-life counselling sessions. It covers the entire topic of chemicals at work, from risk assessment to personal protective equipment, from the REACH (registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals) and CLP (classification, labelling and packaging) regulations to occupational diseases, etc.

The guide provides information about the health hazards associated with working with epoxy resins and isocyanates (primary exposure) and gives details of the measures that should be taken to counter these hazards. Skin and respiratory disorders may be caused by hypersensitivity or allergy after a period of working with these substances. You can get eczema or asthma after any amount of contact if you have become hypersensitive to the substances. Prevention measures include substitution, technical solutions (e.g. non-sputtering tools) and personal protective equipment.

The webpage provides information on how reference values are developed (by Anses) and give access to its methodological guidance. At the bottom of the page, all currently applicable reference values are provided as a downloadable excel table. 

The endocrine disruptors page of the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) website gives an overview of the work done by ANSES on this topic. It provides a general introduction to endocrine disruptors and gives links to scientific reports and expert opinion issued by ANSES on the chemical substances concerned.

Thematic file on wood dust which is likely to cause short-term illnesses and cancers, decades after exposure. Wood dust represents one of the 3 most important causes of recognized cancers of occupational origin. To prevent risks, priority must be given to reducing dust emissions. The following sections exist: What you must remember; Health effects; Other dangers linked to wood dust; Prevention approaches; Regulation, Professional diseases

The Biotox database is a biological monitoring guide for occupational physicians that is used in the health surveillance of exposed workers. It covers over 100 chemical substances and specifies the marker, the metabolic background with the influencing factors, and the biological medium to be sampled. It also includes sampling strategy advice, limit values, costs and a list of laboratories (in France). Links to related materials are given. It also covers some carcinogens.

TutoPrév is an illustrated educational resource for teaching and/or the assessment of knowledge among apprentices and young workers. It covers the most significant hazards of workplaces, including chemical hazards. The 'Admission' pack helps to identify the safety and health skills of a newly hired worker. The 'Pedagogic' kit is intended for teachers in specialised secondary schools and vocational education. It is aimed at  teachers in those educational establishments.

The one-page illustrated factsheets deal with (among others, chemical) risks of given tasks in car repair shops. There are 15 factsheets for general mechanical tasks, eight factsheets for body mechanics and paintshop work, and 18 factsheets on machinery. Tasks that involve chemical exposure include, among others, degreasing, lubrication and spray-painting, as well as maintenance tasks. The factsheets provide information on the main risks of tasks (including cancer) and can be downloaded and displayed in workshops.

The report summarises the situation in car repair shops regarding the use of gloves. It gives an overview of tasks, chemicals used and resulting risks, in particular from CMRs. It describes a campaign launched by the authoring organisations to introduce and sustainably implement the use of gloves to prevent risks. The report includes a lot of valuable background information as well as practical advice on how to increase acceptance and awareness about protective gloves.