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News Release from: European Agency For Safety And Health At Work
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 21 November 2003
Working with dangerous substances
A European conference on how to reduce the risks of working with dangerous substances will be held at the Euskalduna Conference Centre, in Bilbao, Spain, on the 24th November 2003.
A European conference on how to reduce the risks of working with dangerous substances will be held at the Euskalduna Conference Centre, in Bilbao, Spain, on the 24th November 2003 Dangerous substances can be found in nearly all workplaces - from farms and factories to hairdressers and hospitals
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 6 Dec 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Skin complaints, lung disorders and cancers are just some of the risks.
Global production of chemicals is now running at 400 million tonnes each year and there are 100,000 different substances registered for sale in the European Union.
These staggering figures will provide the backdrop for the deliberations of policy-makers, health and safety experts, academics, business representatives and trade unionists, who will gather in Bilbao, Spain, to focus on the theme of reducing the risks of working with dangerous substances.
The conference is jointly organised by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work and the Italian Presidency of the European Union and is the closing event for a major EU-wide awareness raising campaign on this key health and safety problem.
It will include workshops and a colloquium as well as the presentation of the 2003 European good practice awards in safety and health at work.
The event provides an opportunity for leading European decision-makers and safety and health experts to discuss how to reduce the risks of working with dangerous substances, focusing on the policy challenges.
It also aims to promote the results of the European Week campaign and to highlight good practices in risk prevention.
Key speakers at the colloquium will include Roberto Maroni, Italian minister for Labour and Social Affairs, Odile Quintin, Director General of the European Commission's DG Employment and Social Affairs and senior representatives of the Economic and Social Committee and European social partners.
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