Publication tagged with "Substances dangereuses + Carcinogens + Maladies professionnelles + Work-related cancer"
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...
Le nouveau guide de la Commission européenne fournit des conseils essentiels aux employeurs et aux travailleurs sur la manière de gérer l’exposition aux médicaments dangereux. Les médicaments dangereux peuvent avoir des effets cancérogènes, mutagènes ou toxiques pour la reproduction (CMR) chez les travailleurs qui y sont exposés. Il est donc indispensable de mettre en place de...
“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...
Bien que la population active jouisse généralement d’une meilleure santé que les personnes exclues du marché du travail, les lieux de travail peuvent aussi être à l’origine de maladies ou aggraver celles-ci. Plus de quatre travailleurs européens sur dix signalent que leur niveau de stress au travail a augmenté en raison de la pandémie. Cette pression, accompagnée d’autres...
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...
La Journée mondiale contre le cancer, célébrée chaque année le 4 février, a pour but d’éveiller les consciences face au cancer et nous invite à nous mobiliser contre ce fléau. L’EU-OSHA s’engage fermement à participer à la lutte contre le cancer, première cause de décès liés au travail au sein de l’UE. Dans cette perspective, l’EU-OSHA finalise ce mois-ci le travail de terrain...
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has recently published Working Time and Work-Life Balance Around the World, report that looks at the two main aspects of working time: working hours and working time arrangements and the effects of both on business...
The latest report from EFSA, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the EU Reference Laboratory (EURL) with OSH recommendations provided by EU-OSHA, indicates that cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) recorded in Europe...
Il est plus facile que jamais de naviguer dans l’outil de visualisation de données du baromètre de SST afin de faire le point sur la sécurité et la santé au travail (SST) en Europe. Les principaux indicateurs en matière de SST sont désormais répartis dans deux catégories: «Accidents, maladies et bien-être» et «Conditions de travail et prévention». Le nouvel indicateur sur les...
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 European Commission has adopted an updated Recommendation on occupational diseases following a tripartite agreement reached in May 2022 by Member States, workers and employers in the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work (ACSH) on the need to...
Surgical smoke occurs during surgery and is produced by the electrosurgical devices used to cut and dissect tissue. It contains a variety of chemical and biological substances, and may also transmit infections, which carry a number of potential risks for those...
Une proportion élevée de travailleurs de l’UE est potentiellement exposée à des «substances cancérigènes générées par des procédés», en particulier à des gaz d’échappement, comme les émissions de moteurs diesel, à de la poussière de silice ou de bois dur, et à des fumées de soudage, souvent à leur insu. Dans un nouveau clip vidéo, Napo et ses collègues présentent des...
Climate change and its various effects will be major challenges for the international community in the near future. It will have a significant impact on working conditions. Ensuring occupational safety and health in times of climate change in a green economy...
Remote work has been primarily enabled by advances in digital development that narrowed down distance allowing workers to communicate and perform tasks from nearly anywhere. The introduction of elements of mobility and flexibility, of working wherever and...