Across various sectors in Europe, workers risk to being exposed to cancer-causing agents. From construction sites to hospitals, from chemical industries to small craft workshops, carcinogenic substances are used or generated during work processes. How to protect workers from harmful exposures?
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Facts
The website www.stopcarcinogensatwork.eu helps identifying whether workers are at risk. Simply explore whether cancer-causing agents are present in a specific sector or occupation. The platform not only offers an overview of the substances that may be present in a workplace, it provides practical, easy to understand factsheets for each of them. These concise factsheets focus on actionable information.
Solutions
From identifying carcinogenic substances, the platform guides you to appropriate measures and solutions. It features numerous examples of protection strategies, all aligned with the so-called STOP principle: starting with substitution to completely eliminate the risk to exposure, technical measures, organisational measures and personal protection as a last resort.
