European unions want tighter controls on hazardous chemicals
With occupational cancers the primary cause of work-related deaths in the European Union (EU), occupational exposure limits (OELs) were a big topic at the recent 12th annual European Trade Union Institute seminar on chemicals and worker protection.
The 40 trade unions who attended want to coordinate action on the current revision of the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive and called for the adoption of binding OELs for, at a minimum, the 50 carcinogens responsible for more than 80% of exposure incidents in the workplace.