Chemicals and Dust




Occupational Cancers - the figures

Briefing for activists.

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1 February 2012
Report's focus on 'lifestyle' cancers criticised

A report that concluded nearly half of cancers diagnosed in the UK each year - over 130,000 in total - are caused by avoidable lifestyle 'choices' has been criticised for downplaying occupational and environmental cancer risks.

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16 December 2011
Unite says ‘no' to workplace dust

The official limit for workplace dust must be lowered to protect workers from one of the work's biggest killers, the union Unite has said.

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9 September 2011
Dust in the Workplace

Guidance for union health and safety representatives This new guidance outlines the case for stronger action against dust and shows that the current standards used for the assessment of dust exposure in the workplace are totally inadequate. This...

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2 September 2011
ACTS statement on dust

TUC representatives on ACTS statement on dust

1 September 2011
Court rules work toxins cause Parkinsonism

An RAF corporal who was left with a devastating degenerative neurological condition after he was exposed to dangerous chemicals has won a groundbreaking legal victory at the Court of Appeal.

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15 July 2011



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