Solar Radiation Exposure and Outdoor Work: An Underestimated Occupational Risk

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health – This review provides a comprehensive overview of solar radiation exposure risk of outdoor workers, including the UV exposure levels and the main methods recently proposed for short-term and cumulative exposure measurements, and an update of knowledge on the main adverse eye and skin effects.

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Workplace exposure to asbestos and the risk of kidney cancer in Canadian men

Canadian Journal of Public Health – This study examined the relationship between occupational exposure to asbestos and the risk of kidney cancer across a range of jobs in a large, population-based case-control study in Canada. Results showed some evidence for an association between occupational exposure to asbestos and kidney cancer.

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Worker exposure to hazardous chemicals is a ‘global health crisis’

Chemical Watch – A UN expert has proposed 15 principles that aim to help governments and businesses better protect workers from exposure to hazardous chemicals – an issue he calls a “global health crisis”.

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Latest global cancer data: Cancer burden rises to 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million cancer deaths in 2018

IARC – The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) released the latest estimates on the global burden of cancer.

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