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The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum’s CIM Magazine highlighted results from the Opioid-Related Harms Among Ontario Workers study…
An article by Lindsay Kelly, published in SooToday.com and Sudbury.com, highlights findings from the ‘Opioid-related Harms Among Ontario Workers‘ study….
Ontario is investing over $6 million to support research led by the Occupational Cancer Research Centre (OCRC) to identify workplace-related…
News release: The Ontario government has announced that it is launching a review of how occupational cancer is compensated in…
Approximately 1.5 million Canadians are exposed to sun at work and according to the Canadian Dermatology Association, as many as…
Flame retardants are added to a wide range of products, including electronics and home furnishings, to meet fire safety standards….
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is currently undertaking a review of previously-denied compensation claims from former GE Peterborough…
On Friday April 13th, the Minister of Labour’s office issued a release that the provincial government plans to review the…
Ontario will review which cancers are considered work related and how compensation for workers diagnosed with the disease is distributed, according to…
News Release: Ontario is launching a review of how work-related cancers are evaluated for the purposes of compensation. The goal…
Canada is proposing to prohibit the use, sale, import, and export of asbestos and asbestos-containing products.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer recently downgraded the carcinogenicity of coffee to Group 3 (not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity in humans).
Sun Awareness Week was June 6th to 12th. Click here to read an article on the Sun Safety at Work Canada project.
The health impact of asbestos mining in Canada is highlighted in two recent media stories.
OHS Insider – September 5, 2013 It’s easy to assume that the leading cause of work-related deaths must be something…
The Occupational Cancer Research Centre will lead a Canada-wide study investigating the human and economic impact of workplace exposure to…
Andrew Vowles atGuelph – Thursday April 26, 2012 Probing links between breast cancer and a group of pollutants is the…
CBC News has published a series of articles on occupational cancer. These articles discuss the risks of exposure to workplace…
