Smaller firms blamed for failure to reduce workplace-related cancer deaths

The Irish Times · Irlanda · Prensahace 2 horas

Smaller firms that fail to comply with safety regulations are a key contributor in the failure to reduce workplace-related cancer deaths, a conference in Dublin has heard. The conference, organised by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA), heard there are about 100,000 cancer deaths in Europe each year related to exposure to carcinogens in the workplace.

Delegates from across Europe were told there is no reason for anybody to die from exposure to toxic substances in the workplace, but, despite major awareness campaigns and inspections by regulators, the number of fatalities has not declined. While it is difficult to quantify reliable data due to the timescales involved in illnesses developing, the HSA believes about 400 people die in Ireland each year from such exposures.

Darren Arkins, occupational health programme manager with the group, acknowledged the numbers are not decreasing. “They are plateauing,” he said.

“We had hoped to see them…

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