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Substitution of dangerous substances

Substitution of dangerous substances

Type of measure: Substitution

You would like to reduce the risks of working with dangerous substances in your company. Where to start and which aspects require most attention?

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How to create a product register
How to identify products with the highest risks
How to reduce exposure in the workplace

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Published March 28, 2017

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Carcinogen(s) involved:

Sector(s) involved

Agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco
Agents involved in the sale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods
Agriculture
All sectors
Arts
Building completion and finishing
Building of ships and boats
Casting of light metals
Casting of other non-ferrous metals
Civil engineering
Cold forming or folding
Collection of hazardous waste
Construction
Construction of buildings
Construction of residential and non-residential buildings
Construction of roads and railways
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone
Defence activities
Demolition
Dental practice activities
Education
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution
Electrical, plumbing and other construction installation activities
Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas
Finishing of textiles
Fire service activities
Forestry and logging
Forging, pressing, stamping and roll-forming of metal; powder metallurgy
Growing of perennial crops
Hospital activities
Human health and social work activities
Information and communication
Lead, zinc and tin production
Machining (incl. service life of hard-metal tools)
Maintenance and repair
Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
Manufacture of assembled parquet floors
Manufacture of basic chemicals
Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys
Manufacture of basic metals
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical preparations
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products
Manufacture of batteries and accumulators
Manufacture of builders ware of plastic
Manufacture of ceramic tiles and flags
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products
Manufacture of computer electronic and optical products
Manufacture of computer, electronics and optical equipment
Manufacture of doors and windows of metal
Manufacture of dyes and pigments
Manufacture of electronic components and boards
Manufacture of electronical equipement
Manufacture of engines and turbines
Manufacture of engines and turbines, except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines
Manufacture of fabricated metal products
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
Manufacture of fertilisers and nitrogen compounds
Manufacture of food products
Manufacture of footwear
Manufacture of furniture
Manufacture of glass and glass products
Manufacture of glue
Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring
Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation incl humidity indicator cards
Manufacture of jewellery, bijouterie and related articles
Manufacture of machinery
Manufacture of magnetic and optical media
Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
Manufacture of musical instruments
Manufacture of other articles of concrete, plaster and cement
Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c. (incl. catalysts)
Manufacture of other electronic and electric wires and cables
Manufacture of other fabricated metal products [incl. additive manufacturing]
Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c.
Manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals
Manufacture of other organic basic chemicals
Manufacture of other porcelain and ceramic products
Manufacture of other rubber products
Manufacture of other transport equipment
Manufacture of paints and coatings
Manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics (incl. frits)
Manufacture of paper and paper products
Manufacture of paper and paperboard
Manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations
Manufacture of pesticides and other agrochemical products
Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations
Manufacture of pharmaceutical products
Manufacture of plastic plates, sheets, tubes and profiles
Manufacture of plastics and rubber machinery
Manufacture of plastics and rubber products
Manufacture of plastics in primary forms
Manufacture of plastics products
Manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals
Manufacture of refined petroleum products
Manufacture of refined petroleum products (catalysts)
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
Manufacture of rubber tyres and tubes; retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres
Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations, perfumes and toilet preparations
Manufacture of steam generators, except central heating hot water boilers
Manufacture of synthetic rubber in primary forms
Manufacture of textiles
Manufacture of tools
manufacture of wire products, chain and springs
Manufacture of wiring and wiring devices
Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork
Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
Manufacture of wood and wood products
Materials recovery
Medical and dental practice activities
Mining and quarrying
Mining of other non-ferrous metal ores
Other building and industrial cleaning activities
Other cleaning activities
Other non-ferrous metal production
Other service activities
Paint and varnish industry
Painting and glazing
Plumbing
Plumbing, heat and air conditioning installation
Printing and reproduction of recorded media
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
Public administration and national defence
Recovery of sorted materials
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
Repair of electronic and optical equipment
Research and development
Roofing activities
Scientific research and development
Specialist medical practice activities
Tanning and dressing of leather; dressing and dyeing of fur
Taxi operations
Technical testing and analysis
Telecommunication
Transportation and storage
Treatment and coating of metals
Treatment and disposal of hazardous waste
Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste
Veterinary activities
Waste collection
Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities materials recovery
Water collection, treatment and supply
water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
Water supply; sewerage
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products

About this case

Company:

TOXIC

Country:
The Netherlands

For more information please contact:

Doris Holwerda

General facts

Facts about cancer-causing agents:

The direct costs of carcinogen exposure at work across Europe are estimated at 2.4 billion Euros per year.
Every year, about 120.000 persons get cancer from exposure to carcinogens at work
Annually more than 100.000 people die because of work-related cancer.