Workplace exposure to carcinogens in New Zealand

The aims of this project are:

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.

RELATED PUBLICATIONS

Honaryar M, Lunn R, Luce D, Ahrens W, 't Mannetje A, Hansen J, Bouaoun L, Loomis D, Byrnes G, Vilahur N, Stayner L, Guha N. Welding fumes and lung cancer: a meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2019; 76(6): 422-431.