Publication tagged with " Hættuleg efni + Carcinogens + Vinnutengdir sjúkdómar + Work-related cancer"
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...
Nýjar leiðbeiningar frá framkvæmdastjórn Evrópusambandsins bjóða upp á mikilvæg ráð fyrir bæði vinnuveitendur og launþega um hvernig megi stjórna útsetningu fyrir hættulegum lækningalyfjum. Hættuleg lækningalyf geta haft krabbameinsvaldandi áhrifum, stökkbreytivaldandi áhrifum eða eiturverkandi áhrifum á æxlunarfæri launþega sem verða fyrir þeim. Því er gríðarlega mikilvægt að...
“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...
Þó að vinnandi fólk njóti almennt betri heilsu en þeir sem eru utan vinnumarkaðsins geta vinnustaðir einnig valdið sjúkdómum eða leitt til versnandi ástands. Meira en fjórir af hverjum tíu evrópskum starfsmönnum tilkynna að vinnuálag þeirra hafi aukist vegna heimsfaraldursins. Þetta álag, ásamt öðrum sálfélagslegum áhættuþáttum eins og vinnuóöryggi, löngum vinnutíma og einelti...
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...
Alþjóðakrabbameinsdagurinn er haldinn 4. febrúar ár hvert og hvetur okkur til að vera meðvituð um og grípa til aðgerða til að draga úr álagi af völdum krabbameins í heiminum. EU-OSHA hefur einsett sér að taka þátt í baráttunni gegn krabbameini en það er helsta orsök vinnutengdra dauðsfalla í Evrópusambandinu. Sem hluti af því mun EU-OSHA leggja lokahönd í þessum mánuði á...
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...
Það hefur aldrei verið auðveldara að nota Vinnuverndarbarómetrinn til að finna upplýsingar um stöðu vinnuverndarmála í Evrópu. Mikilvægum vísum um vinnuverndarmál er nú skipt upp og þeir flokkaðir eftir „slysum, sjúkdómum og velferð“ og „vinnuaðstæðum og forvörnum“. Nýi vísirinn um vinnutengda sjúkdóma veitir nýjustu alþjóðlegar upplýsingar um áhrif vinnu á helstu sjúkdómahópa...
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...
Hátt hlutfall starfsmanna í ESB verður hugsanlega fyrir váhrifum af völdum „krabbameinsvaldandi efna sem verða til við vinnslu“, einkum útblásturslofts eins og frá dísilvélum, kísilryks, harðviðarryki og reyk frá logsuðu. Oft á tíðum eru þeir ómeðvitaðir um þetta. Í nýrri myndbandsstiklu sýna Napó og samstarfsmenn hans hefðbundnar starfsgreinar þar sem váhrif af völdum þessara...
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...
Zoonotic influenza viruses are viruses that can transmit from animals to humans, mainly avian and swine flu, and may cause epidemics or even pandemics, as in the past. Workers are likely to be at the front line of any outbreak where contact with animals cannot...