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OCCUPATIONAL CANCER/ZERO CANCER: A union guide to prevention

Very limited evidence was available to inform the following recommendations on screening. No prospective studies have evaluated the impact of screening on survival, quality of life, or morbidity from treatment for skin cancer nor are there data on the adverse effects of screening for skin cancer. As experts in the treatment and epidemiology of skin cancer, the guideline panel members were aware that some individuals are at increased risk for skin cancer because of personal characteristics or history. They reviewed key papers on risk and identified groups of patients who might be expected to benefit from increased surveillance. | OCCUPATIONAL CANCER ZERO CANCER A union guide to prevention Occupational cancer Zero cancer Work started it. Unions will stop it 2007 International Metalworkers Federation International Metalworkers Federation IMF 54-bis route des Acacias Case Postale 1516 CH-1227 Geneva Switzerland info@imfmetal.org www.imfmetal.org Text by Rory O Neill editor@hazards.org Design by Mary Schrider mary@hazards.org Printed by Tabergs Tryckeri AB www.tabergmediagroup.com Available in English French Spanish and Russian. Produced with the support of ITUC BWI EI ICEM IFJ ITF ITGLWF IUF PSI UNI DEAD SERIOUS Occupational cancer the workplace s deadly secret. 4 5 CANCER EXPOSURE At least 1 in 5 face a risk just by doing their job. 6 7 A JOB TO DIE FOR New and old workplaces put workers at risk. 8 9 WORKPLACE DETECTIVE How you can identify the workplace killers. 10 11 UNION ACTION Working together to produce a healthy workplace. 12 13 GLOBAL PRIORITY Everything you need to know. 14 15 Catching rancprc cancels CAMPAIGN You don t hear much about occupational cancer. You hear about cancer the tragedy for the individual cancer the challenge for the medical profession cancer the result of smoking and bad diet. But at least one in every 10 cancers - and probably many more - is the result of preventable predictable workplace exposures. Asbestos is the biggest industrial killer of all time and kills thousands from cancer every single week at least one death every five minutes. But it is not banned worldwide. Dozens of other substances known to cause cancer are used quite literally in industrial quantities in our workplaces frequently with few controls. They are not yesterday s problem. At work we face a barrage of rapidly evolving substances work methods processes and environments with little thought given to the health consequences that will face society - workers families entire communities - a working generation down the road. Because today s exposures cause cancers at least two decades later it