Occupational exposure limits are legal or recommended maximum allowable concentrations of a hazardous substance in a workplace. These values are usually set by national authorities or other institutions. To help prevent cancer and protect health, it is important that limits for carcinogens are rigorous...
In 2011, the OCRC and the Institute for Work & Health (IWH) completed a survey to determine stakeholder needs and current knowledge of interventions to reduce the health effects of shiftwork. This web-based survey about workplace practices assessed knowledge of risk associated with shiftwork, identified...
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has published a monograph that evaluates the carcinogenic hazard to humans of arsenic, metals, fibres, and dusts. Download IARC Monographs Volume 100C: Arsenic, Metals, Fibres, and Dusts
The Committee on Occupational Information and Electronic Health Records, appointed by the Institute of Medicine at the request of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), has recently investigated the feasibility of incorporating occupational information into electronic health...
The Twelfth Edition of the Report on Carcinogens (2011), published by the National Toxicology Program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is a science-based public health document that identifies and discusses agents, substances, mixtures, or exposure circumstances that may pose a hazard...
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has published a monograph that evaluates the carcinogenic hazard to humans of painting, firefighting and shiftwork. Download IARC Monographs Volume 98: Painting, Firefighting, and Shiftwork
The Eleventh Edition of the Report on Carcinogens (2005), published by the National Toxicology Program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, identifies and discusses agents, substances, mixtures, or exposure circumstances that may pose a hazard to human health by virtue of their carcinogenicity. Find...
Alberta Health Services published a report in June 2010 on "The Economic Burden of Occupational Cancers in Alberta". This study looked at the burden of occupational cancers in Alberta, including the numbers of workplace-related cancers and an estimate of their associated economic costs. Link to the...
An Advisory Group to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) published a report in June 2008 on the recommended agents and exposures that the IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans series should evaluate during 2010-2014. Find the full monograph here.
The U.S. President's Cancer Panel's 2008-2009 annual report, "Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now" was published in April 2010. The panel looked at the state of environmental cancer research, policy, and programs addressing the effects of environmental exposures on cancer and made...
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