1. To conduct a review of the occupational causes of cancer and the known solutions for reducing and/or preventing exposures;

2. To construct a New Zealand specific Information System on Occupational Exposure to Carcinogens (NZ-CAREX);

3. To construct a New Zealand specific Agricultural Chemicals Exposure Matrix (NZ-ACEM);

4. To identify key industries and key carcinogens for which intervention would result in marked reductions in occupational cancer;

5. To evaluate practice, knowledge and attitudes of employers, employees and health and safety personnel about workplace carcinogens and intervention strategies, in key New Zealand industries;

6. To engage industry and other relevant stakeholders in this;

7. To build research capacity and partnerships in the field of workplace exposure to carcinogens.

Department of Labour, Health Research Council of New Zealand

Andrea 't Mannetje, Neil Pearce, Dave McLean, Jeroen Douwes, Evan Dryson, Chris Walls, Lis Ellison-Loschmann, Sunia Foliaki, Tania Slater

Dr Aaron Blair (US National Cancer Institute), Professor Hans Kromhout (IRAS, University of Utrecht), Dr Paolo Boffetta (International Agency for Research on Cancer)

occupational health, cancer, epidemiology, exposure assessment