 WORKPLACE HEALTH
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'sick building bugs'
Toxic cleaning products
threaten cleaners
Sun
screens worsen
pesticides damage
35,000
workplace deaths
in 30 years
Little
justice for Bhopal workers
Benzene exposure and
low birthweights
Dead boring work
Hair dressers have
smaller babies
Night shift linked with
heart disease
Plants hoover up stress
and pollution
Repetitive strain injury
- statistics
High cancer rates in
semiconductor workers
Organic solvents increase
risk of MS
Chemical safety thresholds
lower in UK
Dirty work - 34% of cancers
are work-related
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Sunscreens worsen pesticides damage
Laboratory studies showed that the active ingredients in sun screens
could more than double the capacity of the herbicide 2,4-D to
penetrate human skin. This is worrying because agricultural workers
are encouraged to use sunscreen.
The study was conducted at the Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln (US). Courtesy of Pesticide Action Network Current Research Monitor (11163) Pont,AR et al.
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