Program EU-OSHA Workshop

Carcinogens and Work-related Cancer

(34 September 2012)

Time / Title / Speaker / Remarks

Day 1: 3rd September 2012

13:00– 13:30 / Registration
13:30–13:45 / Opening (explaining the aims and objectives of the workshop: current concepts and practical experiences when handling carcinogens at the workplace; current knowledge on exposures and outcomes; identifying recent trends and gaps in information) / Elke Schneider
Helmut Klein
13:45 – 14:00 / Division into 3 Working Groups: Introduction to the concept of an open expert exchange, and appointment of the 3 topics for the break-out groups / Elke Schneider
Session 1A
14:00 – 17:00 / Methods to assess exposure to carcinogens and the work-related cancer burden
Presentations:
1. Burden of work-related cancer in Great Britain
2. Burden of work-related cancer in France
3. Burden of work-related cancer in Finland and exposure information systems (CAREX and FINJEM) including estimates on work-related exposure to carcinogens / Chair: Hans Kromhout
Rapporteur: Gareth Evans
Speakers:
L. Rushton
A. Thébaud-Mony and
É. Counil
T. Kauppinen
Session 1B
14:00 – 17:00 / Vulnerable groups:Workers exposed to carcinogens and workers suffering from (work-related) cancer.
Presentations:
1. Social inequalities and their impact on exposure to carcinogens and work-related cancer - what do we know?
2. Return to work strategies and workplace adaptations of cancer survivors – Epidemiological evidence
Return-to-work strategies for workers affected by
cancer - policies and interventions
3. Work-related cancer and vulnerable groups / Chair: Kurt Straif
Rapporteur: David Vernez
Speakers:
E. Lynge
T. Taskila and S. Tamminga
T. Musu
Session 1C
14:00 – 17:00 / Cancer prevention:action plans and campaigns to prevent work-related cancer
Presentations:
1. SUBSPORT – a European substitution database
2. The Spanish CCOO campaign ‘zero cancer”
3. The German exposure risk management model
4. Governmental Plans and National Labour Inspectorate activities (campaigns, inspections...)-France / Chair: Eva Lechtenberg-Auffarth
Rapporteur: Torsten Wolf
Speakers:
S. Brenzel

C. Narocki

H. Wriedt and H. Bender

J. Pretto

17:00 – 17:20 / Coffee Break
17:20 – 17:30 /

Feedback from discussion groups session 1A

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Gareth Evans

17:30 – 17:40 /

Feedback from discussion groups session 1B

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David Vernez

17:40 – 17:50 /

Feedback from discussion groups session 1C

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Torsten Wolf

Time / Title / Speaker
Day 2: 4th September 2012.
09.00 – 9:30 /

Summary of the discussion session 1A

Presentation of the key questions and discussion / Hans Kromhout
09.30 – 10:00 /

Summary of the discussion session 1B

Presentation of the key questions and discussion / Kurt Straif
10.00 – 10:30 /

Summary of the discussion session 1C

Presentation of the key questions and discussion / Eva Lechtenberg-Auffarth
10:30 – 11:00 /

Coffee Break

11:00 –11:20 / Issues arising within the discussion groups: Topics to discuss in panel discussion
11:20 – 12:20 / Exchange of views based on outcome of discussion groups (Panel Discussion) / Moderator: Alicia Huici-Montagud
Panel: representatives from
DG-Employment:
Alick Morris
ECHA:
Ulrike Kowalski
ACSH Working Party Chemicals:
governments: Heiner Wahl,
workers: Frank Barry, employers Patrick Levy
SCOEL:
Leonard Levy
SLIC Chemex:
Nathan Kuper
12:20 – 12:40 / Additional questions and comments from the participants to the panel members
12:40-13:00 / Closing remarks and next steps / Elke Schneider

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EU-OSHA – European Agency for Safety and Health at Work