December 2010
Vol 18 No 3

NEWSLETTER
Contents
1

Letter from the Editor

1
4News from IOHAth

The 8 IOHA International Scientific Conference

On the first topic, please, think and share ideas on how to reachmore decision-makers who are in a position to further increase
the importance of our field in the development agenda as is
being done, for example, for climate change. In this respect,please see the article on IPWL in this issue.

As to occupational hygiene education and training, I believe thatthe first step is to define the different target groups, for
15News from the European Union
example, academic level occupational hygiene professionals,
occupational hygiene technicians, other members of the
17
International Actions
occupational health, safety and environment team, other19
Contributions from Readers
professionals (such as engineers, physicians, lawyers, managers
and administrators) and workers. All of these are decision
Letter from the Editor
makers at different levels and preventive action will require
some degree of decision from them. And once the decision to
Dear Colleagues,
apply occupational hygiene principles is taken, there is a needfor high level professionals to research on and/or apply them
One major event since our last Newsletter was IOHA 2010 inand of technicians to support their work. Moreover, theRome. It was great and you will see many related contributions
cooperation from all stakeholders is essential and this requireson this issue, including several photos and my personalcertain knowledge. In view of the continued shortage ofcomments (therefore I will make this letter shorter ). I would
adequate occupational hygiene training in many parts of thelike to emphasize that my comments are just a glimpse at theworld, much action is still needed in this respect.
Conference, with only a few examples. The amount of exciting
information and new high level work presented was remarkable
As always, I would like to thank all of you who contributed toand it is impossible to mention even a small fraction.
this issue and encourage colleagues from all over to send us
news on their work and professional concerns. Suggestions for
From many presentations and “coffee break discussions” (which
improvement of this Newsletter are also very much welcome.
were so fruitful), two important pints stayed with me, namely:Thank you.
(a) the need to make occupational hygiene more visible in thefield of occupational and environmental health, as well as toI take this opportunity to wish to all of you a very Happy Holiday
have workers’ health placed at a much higher level in the
Season, followed by a 2011 (cannot believe we are alreadydevelopment agenda, and, (b) to further develop occupational
there) full of personal and professional joy and fulfillment.
hygiene education and training.
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News from Member Associations

Best greetings
I propose to have a discussion on these topics on the next issue;
therefore I would like to ask all interested colleagues to express
their views and ideas, concerns and experiences through shortarticles, notices or just questions.

Berenice Goelzer
berenice@goelzer.net

NEWS from IOHA
IOHA Report from the IOHA Board Meeting, - 27 September 2010, Rome, Italy
Sent by Sandi Atkinson, IOHA Executive Secretary E-mail: sandi.atkinson@ioha.net

The meeting was held at the 8th IOHA International Scientific
Conference in the beautiful city of Rome, Italy and was chairedby Luc Hamelin (IOHA President). IOHA Board Members fromACGIH, AIHA, the Australian, British, Canadian, Dutch, Finnish,French, Hong Kong, Italian, Malaysian, Norwegian, Southern
African, Swedish, Swiss and Taiwanese organisations were inattendance. The President gave a warm welcome to the
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Japanese (JAWE) representative who was attending in place of
their Board Member and also to the new Board Members
appointed by AIHA, ACGIH and the Swedish association who
were all attending their first Board Meeting. Sandi Atkinsonfrom the Secretariat was in attendance and apologies forabsence had been received from the Brazilian, German, Irish
and Korean associations.

IOHA, the benefits of being a member, information aboutoccupational hygiene and how to set up a national association.
This information will initially be in English but could betranslated.

National Accreditation Recognition (NAR)
Chairman of the NAR Committee, Noel
Tresider reported the success of the
COH Code of Ethics Revision
Swedish Association’s application forProf. Guillemin of the Swiss Society updated the Board on the accreditation of their certification scheme.
progress of this document scheduled for launch at the ICOH IOHA President Luc Hamelin was very
conference in 2012. The first draft is now complete and the pleased to present the Swedish Association
deadline for comments was the end of September. The representative Bengt Ståhlbom with their
document will then be reviewed and redrafted for the ICOH certificate of recognition at the meeting.
Board who will add their comments for the final draft. Prof.
Guillemin commended the document and urged everyone to OHlearning.com
read it and use it once it is in its final form as it gives interesting Jakob Nærheim, IOHA’s representative on the OHlearning.com
perspectives from different parts of the world.
steering group enthusiastically urged those associations at themeeting who had not yet signed the Memorandum of
IOHA Secretariat Service
Understanding with the Occupational Hygiene Training
IOHA were very pleased to announce following their last Association (OHTA) to at least consider it and to raise it withmeeting in Denver the unanimous decision to re-appoint BOHS their associations. More information on the progress ofas the providers of their secretariat services. The contract was OHlearning.com and OHTA can be found elsewhere in thisformally signed by both organisations whilst in Rome by Hugh newsletter.
Dalrymple, Secretary Treasurer for IOHA and Steve Perkins,
Chief Executive of BOHS.
IOHA Strategy 2011-2015
The new IOHA Strategy 2011-2015 can now be found on the
Secretary Treasurer’s Businesswebsite www.ioha.net/strategy the next steps are to develop
Secretary Treasurer, Hugh Dalrymple presented the final plans to deliver the goals of the strategy and these plans will be
accounts which were accepted by the Board. He highlighted the presented and finalised at the next Board meeting in April 2011.
need for a strategy to invest IOHA’s reserves for a better returnin the current economic climate. A proposal will be submitted Future Meetingsfor discussion at the next meeting in April 2011.
The next meeting of the Board will take place at the BOHS
conference on Sunday 3 April 2011 in Stratford upon Avon, UK.
Membership Capitation Fees
The Board voted to introduce a change to the calculation of The Board is also very pleased to announce their acceptance ofcapitation fees for IOHA member associations, the current the very kind invitation from the AIHA to hold the second
structure is based around the number of members within an meeting of 2011 in Singapore during an AIHA seminar planned
association and the new structure has been agreed in the for September 2011.
interest of fairness to the larger organisations. IOHA have now
introduced a cap on the capitation fees which will ensure that
More photographs from theno association will pay more than 25% of the total income fromIOHA Board Meeting:capitation fees.
Danilo Cottica
and Luc Hamelin

IOHA 9th International Scientific Conference
MIHA’s representative Zainal Zainuddin presented an update on
the organisation of this conference to the Board and confirmed
the revised dates of 15 – 19 September 2012. More information
will be available soon on the website www.ioha2012.org

Sandi
Atkinson

IOHA Newsletter
Berenice Goelzer, IOHA Newsletter Editor, visited the meetingand made a passionate plea to all associations to send her more Hugh Dalrymple and Andrea Hiddinga
contributions for the newsletter. She expressed her joy at being
the editor of the newsletter and Mr. Hamelin, on behalf of theBoard, thanked Ms Goelzer for her continued excellent work.
Editorial guidelines for the newsletter can now be found on the
IOHA website www.ioha.net/newsletter
Membership
IOHA President Elect, Noel Tresider and the IOHA Secretariat
will be developing a factsheet and information package to be
uploaded onto the website and distributed to those interested
in joining IOHA. The package will include the criteria for joining

From Left Ponnachan
Joseph, Tai Wa Tsin,
Chih-Chien Chen andJakob Nærheim

From Left Hugh
Dalrymple, Steve
Perkins, Luc Hamelin,
Michel Guillemin andJimmy Perkins

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IOHA NAR Committee at IOHA 2010, Rome
Sent by Noel Tresider, Chair of IOHA NAR Committee
E-mail: ntreside@bigpond.net.au
In September 2010, as part of the IOHA 2010 Conference, aworkshop was held on Occupational Hygiene Certification 1. OH Definition and Goals
Systems. It provided a brief description of some of the OH
Overall OH definition and goals of organization congruent
professional certification schemes around the world. The
with IOHA’s.
objective was to explain the IOHA National Accreditation
Recognition (NAR) process for recognising national certification 2. Code of Ethics
schemes, and to provide information to Occupational Hygiene
Organization has an appropriate Code of Ethics, andassociations who wish to achieve international recognition of
mechanism for administering.
their certification scheme. A number of presentations were
made, namely:
3. Candidate Education and Experience
Education: Minimum education —Bachelor’s degree (or1.
IOHA NAR Committee – its role and operation, by Noelequivalent), usually in science or engineering. This is usually
Tresider- Australia
a minimum of 3 years degree academic study.
Experience: Minimum 4 years of suitable experience.
2.
The Italian Certification Scheme and its relationship to
Minimum NAR Criteria standard (Years academic study +professional qualifications in the wider European
years of experience) = 7
Community, by Dr Danilo Cottica- Italy
3.

4.

5.
6.

The American certification scheme ABIH - Proposal for 4. Testing the Candidate
Professional competence of candidate determined in adefining the knowledge and competencies ofwritten examination.
professional occupational hygienists, by Chris LaszczAn oral exam may be added to further test the competence
Davis- USAand communication skills of candidate.
Status of professional certification/accreditation
schemes in Malaysia/the Asian region, by Azizin Zainudin
5. Evaluation Process- Malaysia
Evaluation procedures used by Certification Board areconsistent and verifiable—e.g. objectivity/standardization/
The French experience in achieving IOHA NAR status, bydocumentation of evaluation process.
Guy Bourgeoisat – France
Requirements for certifying persons – examiners shall be
Future of IOHA NAR schemes and discussion, by Noelcertified professional occupational hygienists with theTresider- Australia
appropriate qualifications and experience.

6. Maintenance Process
Maintenance of professional status requires ongoing/
continuing professional experience/development - formal
IOHA NAR COMMITTEE – ITS ROLE AND OPERATION
mechanism. This is usually a points system over a period of 3
to 5 years.
IOHA has 27 member associations, representing 25 different
countries and speaking 12 different languages. Many of thesecountries have accreditation/certification schemes for their 7. Interface with related discipline professional certification
Organization has provision to interface with related
professional occupational/industrial hygienists. In order thatdisciplines” i.e. input to enhance ‘broadness’, and expand
these certification schemes can be recognised internationally,and evolve technical expertise and influence.
IOHA through its National Accreditation Recognition Committee(NAR) has established certain criteria for recognition by IOHA of
Future of IOHA NAR schemesa National Accreditation Scheme.
In this article, we outline two of those presentations.

We currently have eleven countries that have achieved The fundamental question is: What do people need to know andinternational recognition for their accreditation scheme — what skills to be competent, in order to be a “qualified”
Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, South professional Occupational Hygienist in your country? How is it
Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, and recently determined, and by who?
Sweden.
The NAR process has established the criteria by which national
The Charter for NAR Committee has as its mission statement: To association certification schemes can be assessed, but it is thepromote global respect for and recognition of Occupational national certification scheme which must answer this question
Hygiene Certification Programmes which meet or exceed the for their own country.
IOHA Model Certification Programme
Several challenges lie ahead for 2011 and beyond.
The NAR Criteria for recognition by IOHA of a National
Accreditation Scheme is as follows: (this is also listed on the Challenge No. 1. Does NAR accreditation make sense in a nonwestern culture?
IOHA website):
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and a greater demand for professional hygienists with NAR
The NAR criteria were based on European or North American accreditation to be involved with these training modules.
schemes. Does it work for non-western or eastern cultures?
While the OHLearning.com can lead to advanced professional
levels, it requires that the professional hygienist will be a
Challenge No. 2. Does the NAR accreditation approach work for member of a national association which has a NAR recognised
the national professional certification program when it is the scheme, in order to attain internationally recognised
government who decides or licences ‘who is competent”, as in professional status.
the case of Taiwan, Korea and Japan.
What will be the case where no such national association exists,
Challenge No. 3. Relationship with OHLearning.com advanced or there is no NAR recognised scheme in that country?
level
Challenge No. 4. ISO 17024 Accreditation – Yes or No?
International recognition of professional occupational/industrial
hygiene qualifications will become more important, particularly Some of the national certification schemes have beenwith the development of international training modules from accredited to ISO 17024. The NAR Committee’s view is that thisOHLearning.com also known as the Occupational Hygiene is a decision to be made by the national association in their
Training Association (OHTA), which is supported by IOHA.
interests. So far, the US ABIH and Italian schemes have achieved
ISO 17024 accreditation.
These OHTA training modules are at the technician orintermediate level, and must have a NAR accredited The IOHA NAR Scheme has grown from its humble beginnings in
professional hygienist as the Course Director. So, clearly, there 2001, and it will continue to evolve to provide a consistent
will be a greater role for individual NAR examination boards, approach to the recognition of professional occupational

The 8th IOHA International Scientific Conference – Rome 2010
IOHA Rome 2010 - Health, Work and Social Responsibility
Sent by Alice Gargiullo, AIDII, Italy (IOHA Rome Scientific Committee)
E-mail: alice.gargiullo@aidii.it
The Conference IOHA 2010 - Health, Work and Social This 5-day event was organized by the Italian Industrial Hygiene
Responsibility - was held in the prestigious Urbaniana Association (AIDII), on behalf of IOHA, together with INAIL and
University, Rome, from 28 September to 2nd October 2010.
ISPESL - the two Italian institutions responsible for prevention
and insurance of occupational hazards.
This conference, which
integrated
occupational
As Ing. Michele Casciani, AIDII President
hygiene,environment,
and Chair of the Conference, proudly said:
health and safety, was an“We have received about a thousand
international success andscientific papers from over 50 countries
hadanoutstanding
and had more than a thousand national
attendance, as it gathered
and international professionals registered
more than a thousandto the conference. We received thenational and international
patronage of the most distinguishedprofessionals from over 50 countries. Participants included international and Italian organizations inresearchers and professionals, involved in occupational health the field, such as the International Labourand safety, from the most prestigious universities and Organization,
the
World
Healthinstitutions, organizations and professional associations.
Organization, the Italian Ministry of Michele Casciani,
Labour and Social Affairs, as well as other AIDII President
During this conference 11 Ministries, universities and institutions.” and Chair of the
keynotes lectures, 25 He also added: “Italy and our group of Conference
workshops, 263 oral experts and researchers are in thecommunications and 233 vanguard at an international level as per environmental andposterspresented health issues and this has been well proven by this conference.”
innovative
studies,
exclusive projects and Thanks to all who participated in the ROMA IOHA 2010
valuable know-how in Conference!
order to make work moreproductive and more compatible with health and quality of life. Further information is available at: www.ioha2010.org
Several professional meetings and other scientific activities also
occurred during the conference .

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Control Banding Workshops at IOHA 2010
Sent by David M. Zalk, E-mail: David.Zalk@comcast.net
The International Control Banding Workshops (ICBWs) havebeen a centerpiece for the growth of Control Banding (CB)worldwide. CB's strategies offer simplified solutions forassessing and controlling worker exposures to constituents
often encountered in the workplace.

The ICBWs serve to offer a platform for the major international
occupational health organizations to offer their input and vision,as well as the strengths and weaknesses of CB. At the 6ICBW wewere honored to have the President of ICOH, Dr. Kazutaka Kogi,
as our keynote. The opening session was dedicated tointernational organizations and we were honored to have IOHA,th
The 6 International Control Banding Workshop (6ICBW) was ICOH, IEA, and the WHO Collaborating Centres represented
held on 27 September 2010 at the Urbania University, Rome, as discussing their latest efforts, their history relating to CB
development, and a collective vision of a very positive future.
part of IOHA Rome 2010.
The second session had global experts from the US, Germany,
and The Netherlands present research on the latest evaluatingThis event continued the wonderful history of the ICBWs
and validating research on CB toolkits and the continuing
around the world, reflecting the interest and continued
expansion has proved to quite impressive. The lunch poster
expansion of CB globally:
session included risk management efforts in Mozambique and a
CB tool for managing infectious disease. The third session
1st ICBW 2002
London, Englandpresented the expansion of range for CB strategies that included
2nd ICBW 2004
Cincinnati, USAa CB-based OHSMS, Construction Toolbox, Barrier Banding for3rd ICBW 2005
Pilanesburg, South Africa (at IOHA 2005)
Occupational Safety, and some lessons learned on CB
4th ICBW 2008
Seoul, South Korea (at XVIII Worldeffectiveness from South Africa. The final session looked at theCongress Safety)
burgeoning topic of CB as risk communication. Berenice Goelzer
5th ICBW 2009
Cape Town, South Africa (at ICOH 2009)
made an outstanding presentation on considerations for CB
6th ICBW 2010
Roma, Italia (at IOHA 2010)
integration in the professions and as part of university
programs. Also presented were consideration for aninternational standard of working environment, issues facing CB
growth in developing countries, methods engage the healthsector in CB, and opportunities for video exposure monitoring
within CB approaches and guidance sheets.

From left to right: David Zalk (organizer of the 6th ICBW – IOHA Envoy),
Wendy MacDonald (International Ergonomics Association, Co-Chair
Musculoskeletal Disorders Committee), Marilyn Fingerhut (NIOSH, CoCoordinator of the WHO Network of Collaborating Centers in
Occupational Health), Kazutaka Kogi (ICOH President), Noel Tresider(IOHA President Elect)

The ICBWs have been essential as a focal point for theinternational research agenda on Control Banding strategies aswell as its implementation, evaluation, and validation. Most
importantly, the 6ICBW presented the largest international
contingent of organizations and global experts on the now
multidisciplinary nature of Control Banding. The role of Control
Banding as Practical Primary Prevention was the focus of 6ICBW,with an emphasis on enhancing the level of feedback andimprovement to aid both researchers and practitioners inpresenting a viable path forward.

From left toright: Petra
Beurskens (TheNetherlands),
Gunnar Rosén
and Ing-Marie
Andersson(from Sweden)

A different CB Workshop was held on 28 September at IOHA
2010. This workshop focused on the lessons learned from the6ICBW with a focus toward the future. The CB International
Technical Group (ITG) has accomplished quite a bit over the last
six years, however at this CB Workshop it took an opportunity
to look toward CB’s upcoming work plan. The central point of
this workshop was to communicate significant aspects of theControl Banding ITG's 2010 - 2015 Work Plan and offer
workshop participant and audience to add to the futureendeavors. Presentations discussed the strengths andweaknesses of CB, both in terms of existing toolkit availability
requirements and in its REACH applications. Cumulatively,
insight to CBs role in the future direction of the Industrial
Hygiene profession was an important highlight. As the growth of
CB continues to escalate worldwide it can now be seen as
becoming a common topic of conversation. First and foremostin the Work Plan was the need to capture all the available
toolkits within a database that also captures their sector of
focus, methods for inputting necessary factors, outcomes,
validation efforts, and evaluation parameters. Some of these
discussions also focused on the expansion of CB across theoccupational safety, health, and hygiene professions and others
took on the challenge of bringing multidisciplinary toolboxes
into the mix. Clearly agreed was that the organization andaccessibility of existing toolkits will continue to remain a highpriority. Building on presentations at the 6ICBW, CB’s increasingrole in risk communication and capacity building became agrowing priority over the next five years. Front and center,however, was the role of CB in REACH and what seems to be aprime opportunity for expansion and codification. Taken

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together, the level of feedback and improvement as part of this future funding and creative avenues and opportunities for thisCB Workshop’s presentations and aiding both researchers and were captured in the Work Plan. Taken as a whole, CB seeks topractitioners in presenting a viable path forward for research. In address the needs of 2.5 billion workers globally that have nosummarizing the findings and discussions of the 6ICBW, current access to occupational safety, health, and hygiene
included in the 2010 – 2015 Work Plan was the need for new professionals to address and reduce occupational risks. Both the
expansion into environmental hazard banding and the creation 6ICBW and CB Workshop sought to address this global need andof readily available cell phone and smart phone CB applications, offer firm plans to achieve results.
or ‘apps’, to increase the ease of reach for CB tools andmethods to protect workers globally. Additionally, and quite
important for CB’s growth, were discussions on sustaining

The two following articles are based on presentations at the Control Banding Workshops

Toolkits of the Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centers in Occupational Health
Sent by Marilyn Fingerhut, Ph.D., Co-Coordinator,
WHO Network of Collaborating Centers in Occupational HealthE-mail: maf2@cdc.gov
It was my great pleasure to participate in the Sixth International occupational program: the International Occupational HygieneControl Banding Workshop, held in Rome in conjunction with Association (IOHA), the International Commission on
the IOHA 2010 Conference. I have been involved with the WHO/ Occupational Health (ICOH), and the International Ergonomics
ILO/WHO Network control banding efforts since 2002 and have Association (IEA). The 2009-2012 Network Workplan contains
seen over the years a dramatic shift from skepticism to broad about 200 projects, with an intensive focus on the 15 priority
acceptance of the approach of simple guidance to assist areas within the Global Plan of Action.) http://www.who.int/
employers to assess and to manage risks in the workplace. My occupational_health/network/en/
presentation, ‘Toolkits of the Global Network of WHO
Collaborating Centers in Occupational Health’, illustrated for The presentation described the current successes, the planned
the audience the contributions of IOHA, ILO, and the WHO efforts, and the recognized gaps in the Network activities andCollaborating Centers in Occupational Health in the products intended to advance Priority 2.1 of the Global Plan ofdevelopment, implementation and evaluation of toolkits Action for Workers Health: Develop practical toolkits for theproviding guidance in a wide range of settings.
assessment and management of OH risks (focus: chemical,
physical, biological, psychosocial risks). IOHA is providing
These efforts are also advancing the ‘Global Plan of Action for leadership in advancing and sharing the various toolkits
Workers’ Health’, a May 2007 resolution endorsed by the underway around the globe. Dave Zalk and Henri Heussen serve
Ministers of Health of the 193 Member Countries of the United as leaders of this Priority, which includes about 30 toolkit
Nations, who gather in May of each year in Geneva as the World development projects underway through IOHA and partners,
Health Assembly, the supreme decision-making body for the ILO, and at the WHO Collaborating Centers globally. Anticipated
World Health Organization.
future outputs from the Network include additional tools, anelectronic resource library containing the toolkits, a framework
There are five main Objectives of the Global Plan of Action document including definitions and common criteria of toolkits,(GPA):
an inventory providing the mapping of use and types of tools,
guidance for implementation and evaluation of toolkits, and an
1. Devise and implement policy instruments on workers’ active Network of experts using toolkits. Recognized gaps
health.
include technical capacity, broad acceptance of the value of
2. Protect and promote health at the workplace.
‘simple guidance’, and inclusion of the variety of toolkits into a
3. Improve the performance of and access to occupational ‘one-stop-shopping’ toolbox for coherent usage.
health services.
4. Provide and communicate evidence for action and practice. All participants (and all readers of this newsletter) are invited to
5. Incorporate workers’ health into non-health policies and join with IOHA and the Collaborating Centers of the WHO
projects.
Network to develop, implement, evaluate and modify toolkits,
so that we can better assist countries to address the traditional
WHO and its Network of Collaborating Centres in Occupational and newer needs of workers everywhere.
Health have developed a global Workplan to assist countries toadvance the objectives of the Global Plan of Action. The
Network includes 68 Collaborating Centres located on allcontinents, the International Labor Organization (ILO), and threeinternational occupational non-governmental organizations(NGOs) that have a formal relationship with the WHO
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Chemical Control Banding in Germany - EMKG
A need for Control Banding
Sent by Rolf Packroff, BAuA - Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Germany
E-mail: packroff.rolf@baua.bund.de
Chemical hazards are omnipresent at workplaces all over the applicability in SME *7+. Currently, a new EMKG module “fireworld with a significant impact on workers safety and health. and explosion risks” is evaluated in a field study and will be
ILO estimated that nearly 440,000 people throughout the world launched in 2012.
died as a result of occupational exposure to hazardous
substances in 2005 *1+. Even in industrialised countries Communication, training and education
significant gaps in compliance with OSH regulations can be stillobserved, especially in small and medium enterprises (SME). In Industry, an ongoing loss of knowledge on occupational safety
The annual report on safety and health at work still counts and health can be observed as a consequence of the splitting ofabout 37,600 notifications and more than 6,300 new pensions large chemical firms into small, independent units andgranted due to chemical-related diseases in Germany 2008 *2+. externalisation of tasks, e. g. cleaning and maintenance ofBeyond this, about 4,000 annual cases of occupational accidents chemical plants. A big advantage of CB is the broad andwith chemicals are reported *3+. At a conference in November comprehensive access into chemical risk assessment, using easy
2010 a representative from a German Federal State mentioned available information from the international GHS system ofthat only one third of the enterprises have adequate knowledge labelling and safety data sheets. Especially for firms, which use ato perform the legally demanded risk assessment and risk lot of different chemicals, it is easy to gain a good feeling for risk
management for chemicals used at workplaces. The others need reduction needs and priorities. A limited viewpoint is avoided,
support to identify hazardous chemicals on-site, to select that only focuses on the minority of substances with a legal OEL.
effective controls and to decide on external advice. Control
banding (CB) offers tools which use easy available information In the German Code of Practice TRGS 400 “Risk Assessment forfrom safety data sheets (SDS) and workplaces to select a control Chemicals at the Workplace” from 2008 EMKG is recommended
strategy from a set of four for a chemical in a specific working as an easy available tool *8+. Three worked examples are offeredsituation. The corresponding control measures can be learned on the EMKG website: use of phenolic resins for fleece
from a two-page Control Guidance Sheet (CGS) *4+.
production, production of chemicals for the printing industry,use of chemicals in opticians´ workshops. A presentation can be
EMKG - from research to practicedownloaded for in-house training purposes (www.einfachesmassnahmenkonzept-gefahrstoffe.de). The youngest member ofSince 2005 BAuA (Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and the product family is EMKG Compact that makes decisions on
Health, Germany) offers EMKG, a CB based easy-to-use control strategies fast, simple and transparent. It includes aworkplace control scheme for hazardous substances. EMKG is a pocket disk for assessing exposure from inhalation and a pocket
non-binding guidance for workplace risk assessment, which card for dermal exposure assessment.
meanwhile is used by a lot of OSH professionals and labour
inspectorates in Germany. EMKG is based on the ideas of
BAuA has received a lot of positive
COSHH Essentials (HSE, UK) and follows the control banding
customer feedbacks on EMKG.
approach laid down in the International Chemical Control
Currently about 2,000 – 3,000 annual
Toolkit (ICCT) from ILO. The first version of EMKG was limited todownloads of EMKG from the BAuA
chemicals without a legal occupational exposure limit (OEL),
website can be observed. Students ofsince 2008 EMKG 2.0 offers the possibility also to use OEL in thechemistry and chemical engineering at
CB approach. Additionally, a dermal risk assessment can be
the Technical University of Dortmund
performed
with
help
of
EMKG
(www.einfachesand safety engineers at the Bergischemassnahmenkonzept-gefahrstoffe.de).
University Wuppertal learn about
EMKG pocket-disc
EMKG since 2008, a course forIn the last ten years BAuA has evaluated the scientific advanced students will start in Dortmund in summer 2011. For
background of EMKG in a number of research projects. The them, CB will be a matter of course in their later profession.
exposure model approach has been improved by comparison Beyond this, a lot of courses for OSH professionals have beenwith the results from about 1,000 workplace measurements, given by members of the BAuA staff, always with great interest
mostly collected from BAuA field studies. Most of them were of the attendants.
within the range or lower than predicted by the CB approach*5+. Another study investigated the correlations between hazard REACH - challenge and chance for Control Banding
groups from R-phrases and legal OEL. The distribution of OEL for
substances in the same hazard group ranges over 3 to 4 orders REACH is a new comprehensive regulation for chemical safety inof magnitude, but the corresponding target airborne the European Union. It should ensure a high level of protection
concentration range always covers the median value of the of human health and the environment in the EU as well as the
distribution *6+. In co-operation with the Workers Compensation free movement of chemical substances, preparations andBoard of the Chemical Industry the COSHH Control Guidance articles, while enhancing competitiveness and innovation.
Sheets have been adopted to the German legal framework and Workers protection should profit from qualified information on
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adequate control measures laid down in exposure scenarios as a is clearly above the resulting exposure band. For risk
part the new extended safety data sheets. The historical communication CGS offers the advantage to cover about 80% ofchallenge of REACH becomes clear after 140,000 different typical handling and use scenarios for chemicals at workplaces
chemicals have been pre-registered from more than 2 million with about 40 sheets. The usual two-page CGS format allows afirms in 2009 *9+. Setting up individual exposure scenarios for all quick view on essential information for chemical riskof them will go far beyond the limited capacities of registrants, management. The latest amendment of REACH explicitly allows
down-stream users and member state authorities.
using control banding information in safety data sheets. *10+.
BAuA will support this with a contract to set up an EU series of
The expansion of EMKG to chemicals with an OEL has made it CGS from EUPHRAC standard phrases. Beyond this, a validationcompatible to the demands of REACH registrants. They can use project for several guidance sheets on transfer activities will be
an EMKG Expo-Tool from the German REACH helpdesk to launched in 2011.
estimate
workers
exposure(http://
European Conference “Perspectives of Control Banding” in Junewww.reach-clp2011
helpdesk.de/cln_134/reach/en/
An International Technical Working Group (ITG) managed by
Exposure/
WHO and ILO supports a world-wide implementation of CB with
Exposure.html). A
scientific exchange, workshops and training *11+.
presumed control
strategy and the
The above-mentioned developments on the German EMKG
corresponding
were only a small fraction of activities that were presented oncontrolguidance
the 6th International Control Banding Workshop (6ICBW) in
sheet (CGS) can be
September 2010 at IOHA 2010 in Rome, Italy (http://
used as a (safe) Annette Wilmes, Iris Schweitzerwww.ioha2010.org/).
exposure scenario, Karababa and Rolf Packroff, from
if the Derived No BAuA present EMKG, at IOHA 2010
Effect Level (DNEL)

Keynote speech, at IOHA 2010, by Dr Jukka Takala, Director EU-OSHA
Present, new and emerging risks
Sent by Jukka Takala E-mail: takala@osha.europa.eu
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
is a decentralized European
body that collects, analyses
and disseminates information
on safety and health at workthrough the network ofnational focal points, research
institutions, and is based oncontinuous
collaboration
betweennational
and
Dr Jukka Takala, EU-OSHA
Europeantripartite
collaboration
betweengovernments, workers and employers. The main products are
the biannually arranged campaigns, good practice informationand fact finding and research on occupational safety and healthissues. In addition to the 27 EU Members, we work with the
EFTA countries and candidate countries. Links and contacts withinstitutions globally enhance the relevance of the products andservices.
This presentation reviewed the latest information on
traditional, new and emerging risks, indicators, trends, andrecent strategies to make workplaces and countries safe,
healthy, competitive and productive.

data sources of international organizations have been reviewed,
and European institutions/agencies, and public websites werestudied. Programs and strategies to reduce the work-related
negative outcomes at various levels were identified andanalyzed.
Work-related illnesses that have a long latency period and arelinked to ageing are clearly on the increase, while the numberof occupational accidents has gone down in industrializedcountries thanks to prevention and structural changes. Globally
there are 2.3 million deaths annually for reasons attributed towork, and out of those, 167 000 in the EU27.

Long term health aspects and related occupational hygiene
problems will need much more attention than earlier as
traditional safety issues have been taken over by “new” healthproblems at work. We refer to prevention methods as a“toolbox” and categorize the following as “individual tools”:
legislation and enforcement, information on the existing stateof problems and capacities (profile), knowledge of solutions andgood practices, communication and promotion to increaseawareness, and collaboration and networking for exchange ofgood practice. Global, regional, national, and sectoral strategies
and systems cover these issues, reflecting their respective
For the present study, employment figures, mortality rates, priorities.
occupational burden of disease and injuries, reported accidents,
surveys on self-reported occupational illnesses and injuries, The conclusion is that in the present political situation andattributable fractions, and the most recent information on the serious economic downturn, legal measures need to be
problems from published papers, documents, and electronic supplemented with economic justification and convincing
IOHA Newsletter, Vol 18 No 3, December 20108

arguments to reduce corner-cutting and avoid long-term only a survival strategy but a successful business and society
disabilities, premature retirement, and corporate closures due strategy at all levels.
to a poor work environment. Quality work should be made not A EU-OSHA document on this topic is available online at:Comments on IOHA 2010, Rome
Berenice Goelzer
berenice@goelzer.net
This was an outstanding Conference that brought together so enterprise level OSH management systems. Occupational
many colleagues from all over the world, including hygiene service is an area for reinforcement in many countries.
representatives from prominent international organizations and IOHA is expected to contribute to such national efforts.
professional associations, including: Dr Maria Neira, Director,
Public Health and Environment, World Health Organization(WHO); Dr Seiji Machida, Director of the ILO SafeWork,International Labour Office (ILO); Dr. Jukka Takala, Director of
the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA);Dr Kazutaka Kogi, President of the International Commission on
Occupational Health (ICOH); Dr Wendy MacDonald, Co-Chair
Musculoskeletal Disorders Committee of the International
Trevor Ogden
Ergonomics Association (IEA), and, Marilyn Fingerhut, Co- Brian Davies
Coordinator of the WHO Network of Collaborating Centers in
Occupational Health. They all demonstrated appreciation for Brian Davies and Trevor Ogden received jointly the IOHA Life
IOHA’s work and the importance of occupational hygiene and Achievement Award and gave excellent speeches, respectively
prevention
on “Occupational Hygiene Education - the global approach” andfor a better “Occupational Hygiene Research Papers: A quick look at whereworld.
they come from and where are they published”. Both papers
are published in the Italian Journal of Occupational andAmong many Environmental Hygiene (IJOEH - on-line at: www.ijoeh.it)
lectures,
I and will be available on the IOHA website. Once more
would like to congratulations to both !
mention thefollowing at The Conference was an occasion to get acquainted with work
the Opening carried out by colleagues in different parts of the world. As an
Session:example, Petra Beurskens, Jolanda Willems, Henri Heussen and
Kazutaka Kogi (ICOH), Maria Neira (WHO), Danilo“Integrating other colleagues at Arbo Unie (Netherlands) have been carrying
Cottica (IOHA/AIDII) and Seiji Machida (ILO)
occupational out excellent work on Video Exposure Monitoring using PIMEX
hygiene and (Picture Mix Exposure) developed by Gunnar Rosén and Inghealth: the effectiveness in improving small-scale workplaces” Marie Andersson (Sweden). They have prepared about one
by Dr Kogi, “Global environmental change: opportunities and hundred educational short videos, demonstrating how exposure
challenges for occupational health” by Dr. Neira, and, “National changes with different factors, for example, work practices;
Strategies and Systems for Occupational Safety and Health” by these videos are available online at the website www.ects.nl
Dr Machida.
(Expert Centre of Chemical Risk Management). In this issue wehave a notice about PIMEX by their creators and on the next
Maria Neira (WHO) emphasized the importance of occupational issue we will have an article about Arbo Unie work in thishygiene in occupational and environmental health and respect.
expressed her views that occupational health and safety shouldhave a higher place in the international development agenda, It was very gratifying to have Dr K. Kogi share with us histhat we should further promote occupational hygiene outside continued work with the excellent programme “Workour own circle, and added that there should be more visibility of Improvement in Small Enterprises (WISE)”, based on low cost
workers’ health problems in general, in order to motivate but effective preventive interventions, designed with active
participation of workers and other stakeholders. This kind ofdecision makers to take stronger action in this respect.
approach should be more widely followed; we will have anarticle in this respect.
Seiji Machida (ILO) underlined the importance of occupational
hygiene specialists, as important components of national OSH I was impressed with all the presentations I managed to attend;systems. The ILO has been working with its Member States for you can see some examples in this issue. We will have articles
the continuous improvement of national OSH systems as on more presentations in the next Newsletter, for example, on
described by the ILO Convention No. 187. All countries need to Occupational Hygiene Training, Occupational Health in thehave a comprehensive system consisting of various sub- Health Sector and Nanotechnology, among others. You may findcomponents, including legislation, compliance assurance details, including the list of topics, presentations and speakers,
mechanism, training, information and support services for
IOHA Newsletter, Vol 18 No 3, December 20109

as well as a complete Photo Gallery, online at: http:// Anotherpoint
www.ioha2010.org/.
emphasized by the
speaker was theThis kind of Conference also provides a unique opportunity to importance of the
discuss informally with many colleagues and this interaction is multidisciplinary
incredibly useful and rewarding.
approach for thesolutionof
Keynote speech by Prof. Michel Guillemin, University of occupational
and
Lausanne, Switzerland: “The Future of Occupational and environmental
Environmental Hygiene - a science becoming more and more healthproblems, David Zalk, Marilyn Fingerhut, Luc Hamelinessential”
and the fact that and Brian Davies
there are many new
Prof. Guillemin spoke about the role ofactorsin
Occupational Hygiene in the broad
Occupational Health, such as economists, management,
field of Occupational Health and Safety
lawyers, human resources professionals, insurances and healthand in Society, as the reference
psychologists.
science of the chronic risk analysis andcontrol, as well as on the challenges
Very relevant advice given in his speech was that “we should be
the Occupational Hygiene profession
proactive in:has to cope with.
 cooperating with economists to evaluate the benefits of a
Occupational health professionals are the core providers of thesound risk management;
necessary scientific knowledge to adequately assess the risks of  collaborating with human resource managers to show thethe environment (occupational and general). For example,
positive impact of improving the working conditions;concerning chemicals, Occupational Hygiene is of fundamental  promoting the development of new relevant OH&S indicators
importance for the implementation of REACH.
in order to properly manage the risks, and, making the interdisciplinary team a reality in the field withThis speech also drew attention to the obvious links between
the consequence of developing the cross-fertilization.”the occupational and the general environment, and thefollowing points were mentioned:
In his view, in order to further develop our profession “weshould take advantage of:1.
Major accidents are quite often related to a failure in theoccupational risk management (e.g.: Seveso, 1976:
 our importance in the scientific arena (for example, in
Bhopal, 1984; AZF-Toulouse, 2001) and illustrate therelation to epidemiology);
poor understanding of the importance of the OH&S
 the good acceptance of our field by the other experts (e.g.,science.
by ICOH), and,
the vitality and quality of our international professional
2.
Emissions from workplaces into air, water or soil, as wellassociation (IOHA).”
as transport of wastes and toxic chemicals illustrate
clearly the relationships between the occupational andthe general environment.

Alltheoccupational
hygienists have3.
Indoor air is both an occupational and a public healththeproblem.
responsibility tocommunicate
However, these links are sometimes overlooked. The public isthese specificincreasingly afraid of pollution (air, water and food) andcompetencies
environmental protection has been given a very high priority,and qualities ofwhile “the occupational environment has been forgotten andour profession
neglected although it has provided and still provides theto raise theIsabel Hernández and Maria de la Paz Estevez, fromscientific knowledge on the health effects of pollution.”awareness of
the Venezuelan Association of Occupational Hygienists (AVHO), with IOHA President Luc Hamelin
theProf Guillemin underlined the strength of the core values ofand IOHA President–elect Noel Tresider
stakeholders
Occupational Hygiene which isand the social
both “an art and a science”
partners
about
its
importanceandessential
role.
where
the
specificcompetencies are all related to
Ethics and Transparency as Prof Guillemin concluded by saying: “I believe in the future of
our profession because it fulfills the needs of our society toillustrated by the Figure 1
build up a healthy environment for healthy workers, in a healthy
Society” and “To dare a dream of a better society is a step
towards its construction !”Figure 1
The core functions of Occupational
Hygiene around Ethics
IOHA Newsletter, Vol 18 No 3, December 201010

NEWS from Member Associations
From Australia
AIOH members contribute to an International Forum held in Brisbane, Australia - Griffith University
and the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists host Chinese Delegation for an International
Forum on “Promoting Health at Work”
Sent by David Grantham E-mail: david.grantham@justice.qld.gov.au

On 6 September, the Australian Institute of Occupational
Hygienists (AIOH) participated in a free, one day international
forum in Brisbane with a visiting Chinese delegation led by Prof
Huang Hanlin, Vice President, Chinese National Association for
Occupational Diseases. The delegation’s members were mostly
from Guangdong Province, with others from Shanghai, Beijing
and Hangzhou. This forum was a joint effort organised between
Griffith University’s Centre for Environment and Population
Health (CEPH) and the AIOH. This forum was organised by the
Director of the CEPH, Professor Cordia Chu, whose teachingencompasses programmes and students across much of Asia in
public health and promoting healthy workplaces throughcapacity building. It was through general promotion andcapacity building in occupational hygiene that the AIOH
became involved.
The event also marked the Australian launch of the adaptationand translation into Mandarin of the AIOH’s “Principles ofOccupational Health and Hygiene”. This latter project has been
underway since late 2008 and should become a reality in early
2011. AIOH signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the
CEPH, which was finalised in 2009, for the use of its copyrightto have this text translated into Mandarin. That work has
progressed continuously since late 2008 with a team oftranslators and occupational health and hygiene experts in
China and Brisbane making the text into a work suitable for
Chinese workplaces.
Around 40-45 people attended the forum and, although theprofile of many of the speakers was very high, this was
essentially a grass roots undertaking but its significance should
not be underestimated. Hygienists know intuitively that many
major developments leading to improvement in occupational
health arise from the investigations and labours of individuals
and small groups who undertake investigations on topics, suchas: better measurement; better standards; more appropriate
controls; meaningful training, and making management more
responsive.
All the visiting international speakers provided very candid
assessments about occupational health issues. Professor Huang
FEI noted the importance of, and the need for cooperative
agreements between countries in capacity building. The
medical, demographic, epidemiological and toxicologicalassessments provided by Professor Hanlin HUANG, Dr Jian Xun
HUANG and Dr Jianming ZOU show very high medical andscientific capacities being achieved by China. While there is
ample population to study for first rate medical investigationand epidemiological study, this can inevitably produce large
numbers of affected workers who have to be treated and caredfor, which is now the case. Clearly occupational hygiene shouldfind its natural constituency, as the major preventative tool, in
these situations.

Ms Ariel Lou (Vice-Chief Inspector in Occupational
Health), Prof Hanlin Huang (Vice President, National
Association for Occupational Disease), Charles Steer(AIOH President), Noel Tresider (IOHA President-Elect),
Dr. David Grantham (Acting Chief Occupational
Hygienist Workplace Health and Safety Queensland,and original author of AIOH ‘Principles ofOccupational Health & Hygiene’)
Dr Haiming MAI, from Guangdong, described his software
programme containing an occupational health and hygiene risk
assessment tool. It looks useful, and will find good applicationin any large operation, particularly plants with say thousands ofworkers and a range of different contaminant exposures, which
will benefit from a large matrix analysis. As it is in English, it
could be further explored. Dr MAI has indicated that some of
the wisdom and processes of the AIOH’s book have alreadybeen used to change the inspectorate practices to allow them
to focus on the important content of risk management, which
will help contain the high health costs to China’s industry.
Associate Professor Haiqing WANG from Shanghai’s Centre for
Disease Control said that the 14,000 revealed cases of dust
disease are likely to be underestimated by a factor of about
ten. Barriers to improvements are overlapping responsibility,

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high levels of accumulated disease (prevalence), low awarenessand weak technology for prevention. These are all intensified
through imported occupational health hazards, the vast drift ofmigrant workers from rural areas, lack of funding and a lack ofprofessional OHS practitioners.
Local speakers included: Mr Charles Steer, AIOH President: Dr
Jeannette Young, Queensland Health’s Chief Medical Officer; Dr
Simon Blackwood, Executive Director of Workplace Health and
Safety, Queensland; Mr Stewart Bell, Commissioner for Mine
Safety and Health; Mr Noel Tresider, President-Elect of theInternational Occupational Hygiene Association; Dr Gaven
Ballenden, representing the Australian Faculty of Occupational
and Environmental Medicine; Brian Davies, Associate Professor,
University of Wollongong; Dr Paul Johnson, Risk Management
Coordinator from CEPH; Professor Cordia Chu, Director of CEPH,

and, Dr David Grantham, Acting Chief Occupational Hygienist,
Workplace Health and Safety, Queensland.
This forum and the book translation, jointly supported by theAustralia-China Council, the AIOH and the Queensland Mining
Industry Health and Safety Conference, are good examples ofinternationalising the problems and their eventual solutions. If
this project has a significant impact on improving theoccupational health of workers in another country, it will belargely due to the labours of all those who contributed so freelyof their time and talents to the original book, and then to those
who took on the daunting task of translating its technical andphilosophical content into Mandarin. Another possibility being
considered by the CEPH is to have the book translated into
Vietnamese.

From Brazil
The 5th Congress of the ABHO (Brazilian Occupational Hygienists Association)
Sent by Maria Margarida T. Moreira-Lima, ABHO, Brazil
E-mail: margarida.abho@gmail.com
The National Congress of ABHO (V CBHO) was held in São Paulo,
Brazil, from 27 to 29 September 2010. There were two hundred participants, from all over Brazil, as well as two occupational
hygienists from Spain and the USA.
what can be done by the occupational hygienist ?
Occupational noise exposure in the activity of taxiing
aircraft;
Occupational hygiene and its contribution to the activityof professional fishing;

The professional occupational hygienist: certification andaccreditation.
Short courses were offered, before and after V CBHO, as training
activities and to provide information on occupational hygiene.
Catherine Beaucham, from NIOSH, conducted a course on
control banding, which was attended by many occupational
hygienists, including the Fundacentro occupational hygiene
team.
ABHO President, José Manuel Gana Soto, with ABHO representatives
from the states of Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Paraná and Santa Several certified Brazilian occupational hygienists conducted
Catarina, Paraíba and Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia and Sergipe, and courses on topics, such as: introduction to occupational
Rio Grande do Sul”.
hygiene, sampling strategy, audit of prevention programs,

criteria for the evaluation of particulates, ventilation in confined
The main issue discussed was “Valuing Occupational Hygiene in spaces and the globally harmonized system for the classification
Economic Growth". Other topics were also discussed including: and labeling of chemicals (GHS). One hundred and sixty
professionals participated in these courses.

Economic development and challenges in the preventionof occupational hazards;
Chemicalrisk
assessmentusing
simplified
methodologies;
New technologies for assessing the representativenessof airborne particle fractions in the workplace;
Nanotechnology: challenges for Occupational Hygiene;
GHS: Advances and current issues;
Origin, present and future of national legislation onunhealthy working conditions (Regulation MTE 3214/78 - Course participants with Catherine Beaucham from NIOSH
NR-15).

Assessment of exposure to pharmaceutical active
ingredients and their control with the use of flexible
containment;
Occupational risks in sewing workshops in São Paulo:
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From Japan
Japan Association for Working Environment Measurement (JAWE) - Second Central Symposium on
Future Development of Work Environment Measurement and Control of Work Environment byenterprises as well as Universities with Respect to Chemical Substances and Dust; How to promoteautonomous Management/Control of toxic substances
Sent by Masayoshi Karasawa, Special Adviser, JAWE E-mail: m19419k@yahoo.co.jp
Shigeru Asuka, Director General, JAWE E-mail: sasuka@jawe.or.jp
JAWE), whose Chairperson is Mr. Shigeru Oshita, Managing
materials, or substitution by less toxic substances;
Director, General Manager, Personnel & Labour Relations 2) suppression of emission, release or spread of toxic chemicals
Division, Nippon Steel Corporation, held the above-mentioned
or other materials by the improvement of design ofSymposium on 9 September 2010, in Tokyo. This Symposium
processes or methods of work;
was organized for the second time, by the Headquarters of 3) suppression of emission, release or spread of toxic
JAWE as the part of the 24th Nationwide Campaign forchemicals or other materials by adoption of closed systems,
Promotion of Working Environment Measurement andautomation, remote control or isolation of harmful
Evaluation of its Result, with the support of the Ministry ofprocesses;
Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Japan. It was planned to 4) suppression of emission, release or spread of toxic
deepen the understanding of the importance to conduct
chemicals or other materials by local exhaust ventilation ormeasurements and, based on their results, to promote hazard
push-pull type local ventilation;
control in the work environment, including for noise, 5) dilution of toxic chemicals or other materials by general
illumination and other hazards, in enterprises and especially inventilation;
National University Corporations. It should be noted that, 6) assessment of the state of control measures for toxic
whereas the Occupational Safety and Health Law was not tochemicals or other materials through Working Environment
applied National Universities, it is now applied to National
Measurement;
University Corporations, in view of the National University 7) control of work time or work method, including the use of
Corporation Law, enforced in 2004.
appropriate personal protective equipment;8) special health surveillance of workers during their
The Symposium consisted of
employment or redeployment of workers, and,two parts, namely, special
9) early detection of health impairment by periodical
lectures and a Panelspecialized medical examinations.
Discussion (see photo).
Moreover, he introduced his company’s successful measures for
The first special lecture by
prevention of exposure to noise and elimination of exposure to
Mr. Shinichi Abuku, Generalasbestos, among others.
Manager, Health Promotion
Department, Personal &The second special lecture by Dr Seitaro Dohi, M.D., Ph.D., Head
Labour Relations Division,of Chief Health Management Dept., Human Resources &SafetyEnhancement
Employee Relations Division, Mitsui Chemicals Incorporation,
Division, was entitled “How to make use of the results of Work was entitled “Risk management for occupational safety andEnvironment Measurement for the management/control of health, from the view point of an occupational physician”.
Occupational Health”. In his presentation, by slides, he He explained the extent and elements of employers’
introduced first the process of production of steel in his responsibility for workers’ safety and health, and presented, byenterprise, including blast furnace, converter and continuous- slides, a principle for management/control of toxic substances
casting machine.
to prevent health hazards. He emphasized that, in order tocomply properly with occupational safety and health laws and
Next, he presented his company’s basic policy for management regulations, it is important that occupational hygieneof chemical substances used in their processes, including hazard professionals participate in the planning and design of factoryassessment and risk control, obtaining hazard information equipment. Moreover, if some provisions under occupational
through MSDS and other sources, before chemicals are safety and health laws and regulations are unclear, it isintroduced into factory sites, identifying possible unwanted important to clarify them by internal company rules.
chemical reactions among used substances, as well as preparing
MSDS of his company’s products (and attaching them), among Dr Seitaro Dohi also stressed the importance of active use ofother measures.
OHSMS and active risk communication between workers andoccupational hygiene professionals, as well as risk assessment of
He presented the following priority of measures for the sensitizers, among other aspects.
improvement of work environment and the prevention ofoccupational hazards:
Next, Ms. Noriko Kamezawa, Director, Office of Working
Environment Improvement, MHLW introduced recent activities
1) abolition of production or use of toxic chemicals or other and tasks, especially with regard to two Expert Committees,
IOHA Newsletter, Vol 18 No 3, December 201013

namely on “the sound management/control of chemical Professor, General Safety Management Centre, Management
substances in work places” and on “measures for prevention of Centre, Tokyo Institute of Technology
passive smoking”, among other aspects.
She introduced the problems of safety management/control,
especially as a single-subject college with regard to Science and
The Panel-Discussion followed and the theme was “The present Engineering, the system for environmental protection, safety
state and future development of Control of Working and health, the tasks and activities for safety and health, theEnvironment, in national university corporations as well as adoption of OSHMS, as well as the performance of the soundprivate universities in Japan.” There were four presentations in control of chemical substances, in her university, among otherthis Panel, by four participants (three of them were from aspects.
National University Corporations and one from a working
environment measurement agency.). There was also one “Present state and future development of working
comment by Professor Toshio Nagoya, School of Creative environment management/control in universities, from the
Science and Engineering, Waseda University.
view point of a working environment measurement agency”
by Toshibumi Ashida, Director, Department of Environmental
The four presentations were as follows:
Science, Kanagawa Health Service Association
He introduced the difference between factories and universities“The present state of working environment measurement in with regard to the handling and use of chemical substances, theTohoku University”, by Osamu Nakamura, Assistant to problems concerning availability of competent staff and theProfessor, Environment Conservation Centre, Tohoku selection/procurement of items for working environment
University
measurement, and also discussed the results and evaluation of
He introduced the present state of working environment working environment measurements, as well as the selection
management/control, including the record of performance and and use of local ventilation systems in universities, among otherthe evaluation of the results of working environment aspects.
measurement, as well as the needs and problems related toworking environment measurement in Tohoku University, These presentations were followed by a questions and answers
among other aspects.
session and a discussion on these topics, conducted byProfessor Toshio Nagoya. Ms. Noriko Kamezawa, from MHLW,“The Present state and future development of working commented and advised in response to these questions andenvironment control in Ibaraki University” by Teruaki answers.
Hasegasa, Section Chief for Safety and Health, Labour Affairs
Division, Department of Administrative Affairs, Ibaraki The symposium was attended by 150 participants, as well as
University
guests including representatives from the Headquarters of
He introduced the system for occupational safety and health MHLW. Among the participants, 36.8% were Occupational
management/control as well as the purpose, the activities, the Hygienists in the field of Working Environment Measurement,
chronological history and the record of performance of working 13.6% licensed health supervisors, 12.0% persons in charge ofenvironment measurement in his university, among other occupational safety and health, 6.5 % licensed occupational
aspects.
hygiene consultants, 3.8% entrepreneurs, 2.2% occupational
physicians, 1.6% public health nurses/nurses and 0.5%
“The Present state of working environment measurement in governmental officials in charge of occupational health.
Tokyo Institute of Technology” by Noriko Hasegawa, Associate

From KOREA
KSOEH Annual Conference 2010
Sent by Jae-Kil Jang, Board of Director of KSOEH Email: cihjj@kosha.net
The Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene welcome by KSOEH as the association is trying to expand its(KSOEH), whose president is Jong-Min Paik, Professor of academic territory from national to international issues. As
Department of Industrial Health, Catholic University of Pusan, previously published in the IOHA Newsletter, KSOEH and JAWE
held its Annual Conference 2010 on 28 and 29 January, in had a MoU signing ceremony for future bilateral cooperation.
Pusan, located at the southern part of Korea. Nearly 300 The two associations will expand their scope to include thescientists participated in the general session, academic exchange of field experiences in occupational hygiene, whichworkshops and Lee Kwang-Mook sessions.
are available in each country.
Mr. Shigeru Asuka, executive director of the Japanese For the academic workshops, which were co-hosted by Korea
Association for Working Environment Measurement (JAWE) was Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA), seven sessions
invited as the special lecturer of the opening session. He were organized. In each session, chaired by an academic
introduced the Japanese regulatory framework for occupational professor or professional occupational hygienist, 5 to 8
safety and health, for workplace monitoring schemes, and for scientists presented following topics:
occupational safety and health consultants. This was very
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Occupational exposure monitoring and evaluation

Ergonomics and indoor air quality

Occupational toxicology, chemical analysis, asbestos, andThere was a poster session with about 40 poster presentations on
ventilation
topics that included:Health promotion and hazardous chemicals
Occupational exposure assessment (for KOSHA staff)

Occupational illnesses and toxicology (for KOSHA staff)

Occupational safety and health statistics and policy (for KOSHA 
staff)

On Friday, a special seminar was held in memory of late Prof.
Kwang-Mook Lee, who was a pioneer in the field and taught occupational hygiene at the Catholic University from the late1960s to the 1990s. This seminar gathered professionals and 
students who are majoring in occupational hygiene and health. 
The topics discussed in this memorial session were thefollowing:

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Application of an assessment tool for musculoskeletal
disorders

Assessment (by frequency analysis) and management of
noise

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Quality control programmmes in occupational hygiene
analytical laboratories
Biological monitoring for industrial chemicals
Occupational toxicology experiment results
Musculoskeletal diseases in industrial settings
Material Safety Data Sheet and hazard communication
information
Asbestos and local exhaust ventilation
Indoor air quality in offices and homes
Improvements in the occupational environment and control
technologies
Monitoring of bioaerosols and of noise exposures

KSOEH is planning to hold an international symposium as the next
year annual conference; this will take place in Seoul, Korea, in late
Identification of aerobic bacteria, Mycobacterium sp., by January, 2011. Many international occupational hygiene experts will
GC-fatty acids method
be invited as special speakers and presenters.
Geological approaches to asbestos

Control technology to prevent dust explosions in local exhaust
Members of KSOEH are celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2010.
fans

News from the European Union

International Panel for Working Life (IPWL)
Sent by Dr Jukka Takala E-mail: takala@osha.europa.eu
An International Panel for Working Life, IPWL, is being
established. The first meeting was held in Singapore in
September following the meeting of the International Advisory
Panel for Singapore. It is expected to be a coordinating, rather
than duplicating body, covering OSH policy advice, scientificknowledge and background, and latest facts and news. Bothpolicy and practice components need to be equally involved.

IPWL will be inclusive of all who have an interest in bringing
occupational safety and health to a higher level in theinternational and development agenda, and may cover as many
experts and organisations as the International Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC). However, a core group is required for defining
the strategies and actions in a wide scale.

Organisations and individuals who are interested in contributing
The first actions planned include a resolution on Asbestos may contact Dr Jukka Takala, Director, European Agency for(chrysotile) and a Global OSH Status Report. So far colleagues Safety and Health at , Director, European Agency for Safety andfrom, for example, the USA, Singapore, KOSHA (R.o.Korea), IALI, Health at Work (EU-OSHA), for further information.
ICOH, German Accident Insurance (DGUV), Finnish Institute,
NIOSH and EU-OSHA have been active. IOHA President andBoard have also been contacted and I would like to extend theinvitation to IOHA and its members to cooperate. Other
organisations are being approached. ILO and WHO are thehigher level organisations that have already been contacted.

IOHA Newsletter, Vol 18 No 3, December 201015

News from EU-OSHA
Sent by: Birgit Müller, EU-OSHA E-mail: muller@osha.europa.eu

Economic incentives pay dividends for workplace safety and Healthy workplaces in the spotlight as documentary film
healthaward winner revealed
Newly published research by the European Agency for Safety All That Glitters, a thought-provoking film about a worker in aand Health at Work (EU-OSHA) suggests that economic goldmine in an inhospitable region of Kyrgyzstan, has been
incentive schemes encouraging companies to invest in risk announced as the winner of the second Healthy Workplaces
prevention are a cost-effective option for governments looking Film Award for the best documentary on work-related topics.
to cut the numbers of work-related accidents and illnesses. The The award is supported by the European Agency for Safety and
EU-OSHA report on economic incentives was launched at a Healthy at Work (EU-OSHA) as part of its mission of promoting
conference of the International Occupational Hygiene safer and healthier workplaces in Europe.
Association (IOHA) “Health, Work and Social Responsibility’ inRome on 29 September 2010.
The Healthy Workplaces Film Award is given to an authoredcreative and artistic documentary, fostering debate and
The full report “Economic incentives to improve occupational discussion among European citizens on the importance ofsafety and health: a review from the European perspective” is safety and health at work. The film should have a specific point
available online at: http://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/ of view that convinces the jury by its compelling storytelling,
reports/economic_incentives_TE3109255ENC
strong characters and excellent filmmaking skills regarding
The Factsheet (in 22 languages) is available online at: camera work, sound and montage.
http://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/factsheets/95
http://osha.europa.eu/en/about/competitions/
hw_film_award_2010
Safe maintenance goes to top of the agenda in European
Week
Mainstreaming OSH into business management
Safe maintenance was the focus of this year’s European Week
for Safety and Health at Work (25 – 29 October 2010) as How can businesses improve their organisational performance
hundreds of conferences, exhibitions, and training sessions - and at the same time create safer and healthier working
organised by the European Agency for Safety and Health at environments? A new report and factsheet give information on
Work (EU-OSHA) and its partners - were held in more than 30 how to incorporate workplace safety and health into generalcountries across Europe.
business management, including a literature review, a policy
overview and examples of good practice.
The events equip stakeholders with relevant knowledge on
how to get maintenance right – the healthy and safe way. By The
fullreportisavailable
onlineat:bringing together government, business and the general public, http://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/reports/
the importance of safe maintenance will be cemented across mainstreaming_osh_businesssectors and national borders.
The Factsheet (in 22 languages) is available online at:
http://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/factsheets/92/view
Key in this European Week were the 30 new Official campaign
partners - a wide range of companies and associations from the Updated section on legislation
private and public sector, including some of Europe’s most well The EU-OSHA legislation section has been recently updated.
known companies who have joined forces with the Agency and Up to date information on European directives on health andstarted to promote good practices in safe maintenance through safety at work in all EU languages as well as other practicala variety of activities.
documents aiming to improve health and safety at work can beeasily accessed online at:
For further information about the European Week and the http://osha.europa.eu/en/legislation/
activities visit the Healthy Workplaces Campaign website at:
http://hw.osha.europa.eu
More information from EU-OSHA can be found at the site:
http://osha.europa.eu/

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)

Fifth European Working Conditions Survey – 2010 Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working(http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/surveys/ewcs2010/) Conditions (Eurofound).
Fieldwork for the 5th European Working Conditions Survey was
carried out between January and June of 2010 and the first The questionnaire covered issues of precarious employment,
results were presented on 16 and 17 November 2010 by the leadership styles and worker participation as well as the
director and researchers from the Dublin-based European general job context, working time, work organization, pay,
IOHA Newsletter, Vol 18 No 3, December 201016

work-related health risks, cognitive and psychosocial factors, Unfortunately the proportion of workers forced to makework-life balance and access to training. A number of questions repetitive hand or arm movements continues to increase. In
were included to capture the impact of the economic downturn 2010, the share of workers exposed to this risk stood at 63.5%,
on working conditions.
an increase of 7.4% in ten years. The proportion of workers
who are forced to adopt painful or tiring positions for at least a
Almost 44,000 workers were interviewed, covering 34 quarter of their working time has risen by 1% over 2005, andcountries – EU27 PLUS Norway, Croatia, the former Yugoslav now stands at 46 %. Exposure to this risk is far higher among
Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Albania, Montenegro and manual workers (72% among skilled workers and 59% among
Kosovo – making this wave the most comprehensive one so far, unskilled workers).
in terms of geographical coverage. The survey process was
documented in detail.
Exposure to chemicals has also increased, although to a lesser
extent: currently, an average of 15.3% of EU-27 workers is
Currently, 84% of EU-27 workers report that they are satisfied exposed to them, compared to 14.5% in 2005.
or even very satisfied with their working conditions – anincrease of 2% over 2000 and 2005. However, one quarter of The full report on the fifth European Working Conditions
European workers still feel that work is having an adverse Survey will be published in the next few months. Further
effect on their health. Likewise, although 90% of European information on the methodology and initial results are alreadyworkers consider that they are well informed about the risks to available online at:their health and safety, 25% of them feel that their health and http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/74/en/2/
safety are threatened in the conduct of their work. All these EF1074EN.pdf
indicators vary according to the position occupied in the social anddivision of labour: manual workers are more likely to consider http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/surveys/ewcs2010/
their health to be at risk and affected by their work than clerical results.htm
workers.

International Actions

FOHS 2010 Worldwide Outreach Program - Supporting Educational Needs in Developing Countries
since 2003
Sent by Marilyn Fingerhut

Email: maf2@cdc.gov

Missionfurther the goals of the World Health Organization
The mission of the Foundation for Occupational Health and Collaborating Centers for Occupational Health's (WHOCC) Work
Safety (FOHS) “Worldwide Outreach Program” is to support the Plan are further encouraged to apply.
professional development of occupational health and safetywith emphasis on primary prevention in Occupational Hygiene Proposal Evaluation
throughout the world.
Criteria used to evaluate the proposal include:Goal
The goal of this Program is to provide cooperative financial andtechnical support to enhance organizations emphasizing
occupational hygiene training and education.



Eligibility of organization;
Demonstrated support of Occupational Hygiene training
and education activities:

 Meeting the FOHS program mission and goals, and,Grant Announcement
 Potential for long-term development of in-country
FOHS announces a calendar year 2010 grants, total value of
professionals including knowledge and skill transfer.
each up to US $2,000. It is recommended that individual
proposals be in the US $1,000 - $2,000 range. This is not a Internet Links
monetary award but must identify specific educational or
research materials needed to support a program. One identified FOHS Worldwide Outreach Program Home Page: http://
and fundable objective is to provide packages of published www.fohs.org/WOPrgm.htm
materials that would enhance an organization's library.
ONLINE Grant Submittal Form: http://www.fohs.org/
WOP_GrantFrm.htm
Eligibility
WHOCC: http://www.who.int/occupational_health/network/
Qualifying
educationalorganizations,professional en/index.html
organizations, and non-government organizations and/or
collaborating centers are eligible to apply. Those seeking to
IOHA Newsletter, Vol 18 No 3, December 201017

International Occupational Hygiene Training (OHLearning.com) Update - November 2010
Sent by: Roger Alesbury E-mail: roger@alesbury.net
On November 1st, OHLearning.com had been live for 6 months.
It has been a very busy time, with well attended workshops andpresentations at both AIHce in Denver and IOHA in Rome. For
those interested in website statistics, in those first 6 months we
had over 13,000 visits to the site from individuals in 116
countries. The one week training modules with student
assessment have now been run successfully in Azerbaijan,
China, Indonesia, South Africa, UK and USA. There are now 28
Approved Training Providers (ATPs) offering courses around theworld - 28 scheduled over the coming months (see below),covering all 7 of the intermediate modules and the new basic
principles in occupational hygiene course. The countries withcourses currently available include: Australia, Brazil, China,
India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Norway, Spain, UK and USA, withmore planned in other locations. Check out the website fordetails.

programmes. In addition to the University of Wollongong(UoW) in Australia, The University of Antofagasta, Chile, inalliance with UoW, ran their first module in Spanish, as part ofan MSc Occupational Hygiene Practice which commenced there
in May. These translated modules are now being cross-checked
and, once verified, they will be posted on OHLearning.com
together with the Norwegian version of W501. ABHO in Brazil isorganising to translate materials into Portuguese, andArcelorMittal and SOFHYT are working on French versions.

Through the efforts of Dave Zalk and the board of IOHA,
OHLearning.com has now been approved as a WHO project. The
AIHA Control Banding Group is also working on a module oncontrol banding which has also been approved as a project byWHO.

A document setting out ideas on future governance has beenposted on OHLearning.com under the Community section. We
welcome your views, so log in, check it out and please let us
have your comments.

ABIH now awards 5.3 CM points for successful completion ofcore modules and the student assessment.

In addition to funding, our current sponsors SKC and 3M, haveboth provided assistance to ATPs by providing monitoring
equipment and materials for courses. We are currently
exploring other sponsorship deals, so if you know any
Here are some of the other developments since our last status companies that share our aims and want to be associated with
report.
OHLearning.com, please let us know.

…and finally, after encouragement from Max Lum of NIOSH, weUsers of the site can now register interest with Approved are setting up a Twitter account, so join in and follow us:
Training Providers from the tabs against course events in
OHLearning.com. Although the course materials are open
access and can be downloaded and used by anyone, only
@ohlearning
Approved Training Providers have been reviewed to verify they
have the necessary professional tutors, equipment and training
Until next time!
facilities. Courses run by Approved Training Providers are theonly ones where all students are enrolled to take the student
Roger Alesbury
assessment leading to the internationally recognised and
On behalf of the team at OHLearning.com
transferable qualifications. Those successfully completing theassessment are awarded with Certificates bearing the wording‘supported by IOHA’ and the IOHA logo.
International

Modulesarealsoavailableinacademic

Courses on OHlearning at 8 Nov 2010
M201 Thermal Environment and NonIonising Radiation (including Lighting)

10-Jan-11

Portsmouth, UK

Gully Howard

M103 Control of Hazardous Substances

24-Jan-11

Portsmouth, UK

Gully Howard

W501 Measurement of Hazardous
Substances

31-Jan-11

Melbourne Victoria

HAZCON pty

W505 Control of Hazardous Substances

07-Feb-11

Barcelona, Spain

Gully Howard

W-501, Measurement of Hazardous
Substances

07-Feb-11

Hyderabad, India

NayatiInternational

W505 Control of Hazardous Substances

04-Apr-11

Surabaya, Indonesia

UBAYA University

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W501 Measurement of Hazardous
Substances

11-Apr-11

Wollongong, Australia

University of
Wollongong

W201 Basic Principles of Occupational
Hygiene

11-Apr-11

Brazil

Gully Howard

W506 Ergonomics Essentials

11-Apr-11

Melbourne Victoria

HAZCON pty

W502 Thermal Environment

09-May-11

Portsmouth UK

Gully Howard

W201 Basic Principles of Occupational
Hygiene06-Jun-11

Portsmouth UK

Gully Howard

W504 Asbestos and Other Fibres

04-Jul-11

Portsmouth, UK

Gully Howard

W504 Asbestos and Other Fibres

04-Jul-11

Melbourne Victoria

HAZCON pty

W503 Noise - Measurement and its'
effects

11-Jul-11

Wollongong, Australia

University of
Wollongong

W505 Control of Hazardous Substances

11-Jul-11

Melbourne Victoria

HAZCON pty

W502 Thermal Environment

19-Sep-11

Wollongong, Australia

W504 Asbestos and Other Fibres

19-Sep-11

Wollongong, Australia

W503 Noise Measurement and Effects

26-Sep-11

Melbourne Victoria

University of
Wollongong
University of
Wollongong
HAZCON pty

W503 Noise - Measurement and Effects

03-Oct-11

Portsmouth UK

Gully Howard

W201 Basic Principles of Occupational
HygieneW506 Ergonomics Essentials

05-Dec-11

Portsmouth, UK

Gully Howard

09-Jan-12

Wollongong, Australia

University of
Wollongong

Contributions from Readers
From CanadaNews from the IRSST
Sent by: Maura Tomi, IRSST E-mail: Maura.Tomi@irsst.qc.ca
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning - Validation of System Cleaning Initiation Criteria under
Real Conditions
The IRSST just published a document aimed at assessing provided that their specific cleaning initiation criterion isdifferent methods of sampling dust in ducts.
applied.
This study was carried out under real dust-accumulation The ASPEC method under real conditions, although the criterion
conditions inside the components of non-industrial HVAC differs from that determined in the laboratory, aspirates most
systems (e.g. schools, office buildings, or hospitals).
of the surface dust in the duct and is therefore a preferable
option to the other two, which aspirate only the surface dust. In
Researchers established HVAC-system cleaning initiation criteria conclusion, it is this method that yields the most accurate
for these conditions. These criteria, which were identical to results and the smallest standard deviation.
those obtained in the laboratory for the IRSST and NADCA
methods, were 23 mg/100 cm² for the ASPEC method, 6.0 The document is available for download at:
mg/100 cm² for the IRSST method, and 2.0 mg/100 cm² for the
NADCA method. All three methods can therefore be used, http://www.irsst.qc.ca/fr/_publicationirsst_100561.html
IOHA Newsletter, Vol 18 No 3, December 201019

From Sweden
Video exposure monitoring (PIMEX) for training materials
Sent by Gunnar Rosén E-mail: grs@du.se
and Ing-Marie Andersson E-mail: ima@du.se
In the December 2005 issue of the IOHA Newsletter T.W. Tsin,then IOHA President, described our training material called“Hazard Prevention and Control in the Work Environment:
Airborne Dust”. The material was based on WHO Prevention
And Control Exchange “PACE” compendium transferred toelectronic format.

of situations will be selected where exposure to air
contaminants is a potential problem. The PIMEX-method will be
used in the selected workplaces for detailed studies in order todescribe how exposure varies and why, as well as how exposure
peaks occur.

The result will include many hours of PIMEX-videos from various
PIMEX video illustrations were added to the text with the aim of work situations of interest; this will form the base for thevisualizing important control examples. PIMEX is a video production of new training materials. Target groups for such
exposure monitoring method, which combines results from real- material are, for example, students in vocational schools andtime monitoring instruments with images from a video camera. universities, workers in industry, designers of control
technology, occupational hygiene practitioners, and researchers
This audio-visual training material was delivered on two CD- in occupational hygiene as well as in epidemiology.
ROMs. Hundreds of copies have been distributed and usedmainly in developing countries. Based on the same PIMEX An ongoing evaluation of the materials usability and relevancetechnology, a number of training videos have been produced for different target groups is an important part of the project.
focusing on control of exposure to airborne contaminants in The experience from this evaluation will be incorporated in the
different branches. One example is the Dutch Stoffenmanager final products.
which includes such PIMEX-videos (For Stoffenmanager, see:https://www.stoffenmanager.nl/).
As these training materials may also be of interest outside
Sweden, we will search for partners interested in collaborating
A research grant from the Swedish AFA Insurance has made it with this project, aiming at the preparation and use of materials
possible to further build on this work. In close collaboration for a wider audience.
with employers’ organizations and unions in Sweden, a number

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