Workers and Carcinogens 1978

In the 1970s, exposure to cancer causing chemicals on the job began to be an issue for workers and their unions. Today there is a worldwide epidemic of occupational cancer, claiming at least one life every 52 seconds. Marcello Malentacchi, General Secretary of the International Metalworkers' Federation, says: "Occupational cancer is the most common work-related cause of death, ahead of other work-related diseases and accidents, but it is not taken seriously by regulators or employers."

Preventing occupational cancer, the most common work-related cause of death, is the subject of the new guide, published in 2007. Occupational Cancer/Zero Cancer: A union guide to prevention addresses the growing epidemic of occupational cancer and outlines steps unions can take to protect workers in the workplace. The guide was produced as part of the first ever international zero occupational cancer campaign, involving 11 global trade union organisations together representing over 300 million members in more than 150 countries. http://www.imfmetal.org/main/index.cfm?n=47&l=2&c=15708

This was clipped from the 1978 US government film, More than a Paycheck.

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