Work-related cancers: EU safety and health agency launches webpage

The EU's safety and health agency has launched a new webpage dedicated to occupational cancers, which kill 100,000 workers annually across the European Union. Construction professionals should review the resource as the industry faces significant exposure risks to carcinogenic materials and substances on job sites.

Bilbao, Spain — The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work has unveiled a new webpage on occupational cancers. “Cancer remains the leading cause of work-related deaths in the [European Union],” the agency says, “accounting for 100,000 fatalities annually and exposing millions of workers to…

This story was originally published by Safety+Health Magazine.