On November 5, 2015, OCRC hosted a stakeholder meeting that focused on preliminary findings from the Burden of Occupational Cancer in Canada study. The meeting provided an overview of the study’s early results on asbestos, radon, and diesel engine exhaust, and discussed how these results can be used in prevention initiatives.
The report summarizes some of the early findings and highlights major themes that arose from the discussions at the meeting.
Conference Materials
Presentations
Session I: Preventing Occupational Cancer | Lesley Rushton
Prioritising effort in preventing occupational cancers: The British Experience
Session II A: Asbestos | Donna Pasiechnik
The Saskatchewan asbestos registry
Session II B: Asbestos | Alec Farquhar
Banning asbestos in Canada
Session III A: Diesel Engine Exhaust | Colin Murray
Developing an occupational exposure limit for diesel exhaust – the challenges and options?
Session III B: Diesel Engine Exhaust | Vic Pakalnis
Diesel emissions in underground mining
Session IV: Radon | Natalia Mozayani
Radon exposure prevention initiatives
Session V: Future Priorities and Challenges for Prevention | Lesley Rushton
Future challenges and priorities for prevention
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