Educate our workers to prevent or reduce exposure to carcinogens at work.

Of course, any professional knows what they are doing and is an expert in their craft. But they may not be directly involved in the risk assessment and subsequent choice of technical and personal measures. Further, with every routine job there may be less awareness on precautionary measures.

Sometimes it may be that correctly doffing protection gear after a task seems to unnecessarily delay the end of the working day. Or the ventilation system of the technical device is always hampering to effectively perform a task. Therefore, in order for every worker to be well informed about potential risks that are associated with their task and to consequently apply safety measures, it is not sufficient to simply spread info sheets. In general, active involvement of workers, leading by example and practical tests are key supplements to theoretical information transfer. Examples can be the reporting of ‘almost accidents’ and rewarding ideas of workers to motivate the complete team.

In the following, we compiled info to empower workers that are already in their jobs to learn about risks specifically in their occupation, what they can expect from their employers and what they themselves have to do.

Possible programs and learning materials

General risks and misconceptions on cancer.

Our website is dedicated to raise awareness for cancer risks at work. However, cancer does rarely have one single cause and other factors beyond work contribute to cancer.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), run by the World Health Organization (WHO), compiled 14 recommendations in the EU code against cancer that help you to reduce cancer risks in general.

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What are carcinogens? An introduction.

Carcinogenic substances, or carcinogens, are cancer-causing agents. A well-known example is asbestos, a substance that is responsible for thousands of victims who suffer and die because of exposure to the asbestos particles in the past.

Many other carcinogenic substances are less known, but even natural products, such as dust from hardwood dust, may cause cancer. Make sure that you and others know what you work with!

Learn prevention strategies against carcinogens.

Employers must do everything in their power to prevent workers from coming into contact with carcinogens. The STOP principle describes the order of priority of protective measures.

The employer must observe this order of priority when determining and applying protective measures. The individual letter S-T-O-P stand for different types of protective measures:

Workers rights.

Employers have general duties in order to guarantee workers safety and some very specific duties to minimise exposure against cancer-causing agents? Workers also carry responsibilities and duties they need to perform.

Teach future workers that they have rights but also duties in the interest of their long-term safety!

Occupational hazards.

Are you training students for a specific occupation or sector?

Use our occupational risk database to prepare them for their future job. With concrete solutions and measures to safeguard them. Our occupational pages give an excellent insight on the carcinogenic risks involved.

Carcinogen factsheets.

Use our factsheets as learning material for specific substances. We collected all the important information about 40+ cancer causing substances and compiled them in easy-to-understand factsheets.