Destaques recentes do HSE - Reino Unido
Dia Mundial do Câncer e Alerta sobre riscos da exposição a vapores de diacetil ou 2,3-butanedione (presentes em alimentos e bebidas). Esse último alerta foi publicado aqui no fórum AT
World Cancer Day: a reminder of the risks to lungs from work activities
Saturday 4 February marks World Cancer Day, the international awareness day to help educate and work together to reduce preventable cancer deaths.
Each year, it is estimated that 12,000 people die from work-related lung diseases linked to exposure during their working lives, including lung cancer.
If you work with certain dusts, gases, fumes and vapours in the workplace, it’s important that you understand the risks and protect workers’ health by using effective control measures. Employers have a legal responsibility to protect their workers from ill health.
Our website has guidance for a range of workplaces to prevent work-related lung diseases.
Safety alert issued by HSE
HSE has issued a safety alert that exposure to vapour from diacetyl, often used as a flavouring and a by-product of coffee roasting, can lead to severe and irreversible lung disease.
Even if diacetyl is present at low concentrations within mixtures or flavourings, exposure to its vapour may be above safe workplace exposure limits (WELs).
HSE scientific studies show that heating diacetyl above certain temperatures significantly increases airborne concentrations and the potential for exposures above safe workplace limits.
View the safety alert and learn more about the risks in in coffee and flavour manufacture.
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