Agrotóxicos e seus malefícios a longo prazo…isso motivou a reunião de especialistas na IARC (Agência Internacional de Pesquisa ao Câncer) a fazer uma revisão sobre o tema!
Como somos o país maior consumidor de agrotóxicos, é um assunto do interesse de todos!
http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/iarcnews/pdf/monographvolume112.pdf
Fonte: Revista Proteção número: 282, página 14
Incêndio em Santos (SP) já provocou a queima de quase 90 mil toneladas de dióxido de carbono
Por Edgar Maciel
O incêndio no depósito da Ultracargo, que já dura cinco dias em Santos, corresponde a quase um mês de dióxido de carbono produzido pela frota de 15 mil ônibus que circulam em São Paulo. Isso significa quase 90 mil toneladas do gás, responsável por gerar o chamado efeito estufa, que provoca o aquecimento global (Que aliás tem relação com a queda de volume de chuvas sentida a duras penas por todos nós do Sudesde e Nordeste! 😭)
O cálculo foi feito por especialistas na área ambiental e leva em conta a queima de seis tanques com milhões de litros de álcool e gasolina.
O engenheiro mecânico e ex-gerente da Companhia Ambiental do Estado de São Paulo (Cetesb), Olímpio Alvares, explica que além do dióxido de carbono, a queima desses combustíveis provoca a presença de material particulado e compostos orgânicos, como hidrocarbonetos e benzenos. Todos eles são nocivos à saúde.
Desde a última quinta-feira, já é possível visualizar uma alteração na qualidade do ar em cidades da Baixada Santista. Hoje pela manhã, a Cetesb classificava o nível como ruim na região de Cubatão e Vila Parisi.
Para o pesquisador da USP e professor da Uninove, Pedro Cortês, a presença dos produtos tóxicos é a responsável por essa piora. Segundo ele, os moradores da região precisam manter um cuidado com a exposição até mesmo depois de o incêndio ser controlado.
A partir desta segunda-feira, o Exército também disponibilizou equipamentos para monitorar a qualidade do ar na região. Nenhuma medição, no entanto, foi disponibilizada até o momento.
An Airbus A320 of the German company Germanwings fell on Tuesday morning in southern France, killing 150 people (144 passengers and 6 crew members.
The plane was going from Barcelona (Spain) to Dusseldorf (Germany) and fell by steep so 8min
Were aboard 67 German, 45 Spanish and Turkish
The wreck is at 2,000 meters altitude in the Alps.
A black box was found. Accident causes are still unknown.
Source: G1
Um Airbus A320 da companhia alemã Germanwings caiu na manhã desta terça no sul da França, matando 150 pessoas (144 passageiros e 6 tripulantes.
O avião ia de Barcelona (Espanha) a Düsseldorf (Alemanha) e caiu de modo íngreme por 8min
Estavam a bordo 67 alemães, 45 espanhóis e alguns turcos
Os destroços estão a 2.000 metros de altitude nos Alpes.
Uma caixa-preta foi achada. As causas do acidentes ainda são desconhecidas.
Fonte: G1
Distance learning course on Occupational Safety and Heath is a course promoted by the ILO.
Its main objective épromover knowledge and understanding of how to manage the Health and Occupational Security Service.
Hours: 500 hours
Link: http://www.ilo.org/safework/events/couraces/WCMS_229077/lang–en/índex.htm
Source: Journal Protection number 279, page 18, February 2015
NEW YORK, New York (CNN) — Nearly three out of every four workers who participated in rescue and recovery efforts at the site of the collapsed World Trade Center towers have experienced some health problems, a federally funded study found.
The study, conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and Mount Sinai Hospital, was based on the screenings of 3,500 workers at Ground Zero and the Staten Island landfill, where tons of debris was trucked after the attacks.
The preliminary results, based on 250 of the first screenings, suggest lingering health issues for a majority of the workers, and for many, a delayed diagnosis.
“Seventy-three percent of the sample had ear, nose and throat symptoms, or abnormal ear, nose and throat physical exam findings, or both”
Said Dr. Robin Herbert, co-director of the screening program.
Herbert said 57 percent of those tested had lung problems and 20 percent had symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
An estimated 35,000 workers — who responded from all across the country after the worst terrorist attacks on U.S. soil
— were exposed to concrete dust that may have contained asbestos, lead, fiberglass and other particles released when the twin towers collapsed after being hit by two hijacked aircraft. All are eligible for the free and confidential exams, which end in July.
“This particular screening program is very unique. Never before has an occupational medical screening program involving as many workers as are involved in this program been launched”
Said Dr. John Howard, director of NIOSH.
One of those who participated in the medical study is Frank Greer, a sheet metal worker, who said the privilege of serving in recovery efforts came at a huge price.
“I’m really worried about my kids and the future. I want to be there to take care of them,”
Greer said.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-New York, helped obtain the program’s initial $12 million in funding.
“This is an American priority, to take care of these brave men and women” Clinton said.
The senator said she is seeking an additional $90 million so that Ground Zero workers can be screened and treated. At present, those screened receive diagnostic evaluations and a referral, but no treatment reimbursement.
“I would even hope the president would address this issue in his State of the Union address”
Clinton said.
“I can’t imagine anything better than having the president of the United States saying, ‘We stand with our own.’ Just like in the military, we don’t leave anybody behind in our homeland either”
She added.
Source: CNN
Nanotechnology and workers: thoughts, struggles and perspectives-March 18 in Sao Paulo.
In 2007, the Fundacentro began the debate on the impacts of nanotechnology on health of workers and the environment.
From there to here were various forms of institutional performance, contributing with lectures in national and international events, publications, comics, podcast and others.
Considered emerging technology, nanotechnology is considered an imminent risk and little is known about its effects on workers ‘ health and on the environment.
Used in research, development and innovation, nanotechnology is present in consumer products, such as clothes that don’t stain-resistant fabrics, kneading and water, camouflage clothing, cosmetics, creams, medicines, dental materials, lighter materials and more resistant than metals and plastics, to buildings, automobiles, airplanes.
To make a reflection after 10 years of operation, the Fundacentro coordinates on 26 March, in conjunction with the RENANOSOMA, (network of Nanotechnology research, society and the environment), the event.
Coordinated by the Nanotecnologia and workers: Reflections, Fights and Prospects – March 18 in Sao Paulo.
In 2007, Fundacentro began the discussion About The impacts of nanotechnology on the health of workers and no Environment. Since then there were various forms of institutional performance, contributing lectures at national and international events, publications, comics, podcast and others.
Considered emerging technology, nanotechnology is considered an imminent risk and little is known about its effects on workers’ health and the environment.
Used in research activities, development and innovation, nanotechnology is present in consumer products such as clothing that does not crumple, resistant fabrics stain and water, camouflage clothing, cosmetics, creams, medicines, dental materials, lighter materials and more resistant than metals and plastics, buildings, cars, airplanes.
To make a reflection after 10 years of operation, the Fundacentro coordinates on 26 March, together with the RENANOSOMA (Research Network in Nanotechnology, Society and Environment), the event.
Coordinated by the researcher Fundacentro, Arline Arcuri, will be present, Paulo Martins (coordinator of RENANOSOMA), Thomaz Jensen (DIEESE), Luiz Carlos de Oliveira (Metalworkers Union of São Paulo), Mauro Soares (Metalworkers Union of São Bernardo do Campo ), Gilberto Almazan (DIESAT).
It will be a discussion with consecutive transmission to Tunis, capital of Tunisia, a country that hosts the World Social Forum, where researchers will talk about the impacts and changes in the industry.
Mauricio Berger, a researcher at the University of Córdoba, participates in the World Social Forum of Science and Democracy and will be the mediator between the international event and Fundacentro.
The free event will be held in rooms 7 and 8 at the headquarters of Fundacentro in SP, the 8:0 at 1:0 pm with videoconference broadcast to other States where the entity has headquarters, as well as for external users who want to participate in the workshop. The conferences will be in Portuguese with consecutive translation into English.
The subject nanotechnology is part of the project on the impact of nanotechnology on the health of workers and the environment Fundacentro.
Join the debate at Renanosoma Web site: http://www.nanotecnologiadoavesso.org/webtv
or by video conference: http://conferencia.fundacentro.gov.br/scopia/entry/index.jsp?ID=6561&page=watch6561%2026032015
Registration: http://www.fundacentro.gov.br/cursos-e-eventos/inscricao-no-evento/551
Source: Fundacentro
Disclosed on the website of the ANAMT
Regulation 8 requires employers and self-employed people to report cases of certain diagnosed reportable diseases which are linked with occupational exposure to specified hazards. The reportable diseases and associated hazards are set out below.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is caused by compression of the median nerve, which controls sensation and movement in the hand. It is not always caused by work-related factors.
Typically, workplace risks are associated with the use of hand-held vibrating power tools, such sanders, grinders, chainsaws etc.
Where cramp is so severe as to lead to a clinical diagnosis, it can be severely debilitating, and impair a person’s ability to carry out their normal work.
This condition is reportable when it is chronic, and is associated with repetitive work movements. The condition is usually characterised by a person being unable to carry out a sequence of what were previously well co-ordinated movements.
An acute incident of cramp which may take place in the course of work is not reportable.
Dermatitis is reportable when associated with work-related exposure to any chemical or biological irritant or sensitising agent. In particular, this includes any chemical with the warning ’may cause sensitisation by skin contact’, or ’irritating to the skin’. Epoxy resins, latex, rubber chemicals, soaps and cleaners, metalworking fluids, cement, wet work, enzymes and wood can all cause dermatitis. Corrosive and irritating chemicals also lead to dermatitis. Construction work, health service work, rubber making, printing, paint spraying, agriculture, horticulture, electroplating, cleaning, catering, hairdressing and florists are all associated with dermatitis.
Dermatitis can be caused by exposure to a range of common agents found outside the workplace. If there is good evidence that the condition has been caused solely by such exposure rather than by exposure to an agent at work, it is not reportable.
Workers whose hands are regularly exposed to high vibration, eg in industries where vibratory tools and machines are used, may suffer from impaired blood circulation and damage to the nerves in the hand and arm; the disease is known as ‘hand-arm vibration syndrome’. Other names used in industry include vibration white finger, dead finger, dead hand and white finger. Typically, workplace risks are associated with the use of hand-held vibrating power tools, such as percussive drills and hammers, rotary grinders and sanders, chainsaws etc. Risks are also associated with holding materials which vibrate while being processed by powered machinery such as pedestal grinders, riveting machines, rotary polishers etc.
Asthma is reportable when associated with work-related exposure to any respiratory sensitiser. In particular, this will include any chemical with the warning ‘may cause sensitisation by inhalation’. Known respiratory sensitisers include epoxy resin fumes, solder fume, grain dusts, wood dusts and other substances. Asthma is a common condition in the general population.
If there is good evidence that the condition was pre-existing, and was neither exacerbated nor triggered by exposure at work, the condition is not reportable.
Tendonitis and tenosynovitis are types of tendon injury. Tendonitis means inflammation of a tendon, and tenosynovitis means inflammation of the sheath (synovium) that surrounds a tendon. Workers who undertake physically demanding, repetitive work are at increased risk of developing these conditions. Physically demanding work includes (but is not restricted to) tasks involving repeated lifting and manipulation of objects (eg block-laying and assembly line work), and activities involving constrained postures or extremes of movement in the hand or wrist.
A reportable disease must be diagnosed by a doctor. Diagnosis includes identifying any new symptoms, or any significant worsening of existing symptoms. For employees, they need to provide the diagnosis in writing to their employer. Doctors are encouraged to use standard wording when describing reportable diseases on written statements they make out for their patients.
Self-employed people do not normally obtain written statements from their doctors when off work through illness. To take account of this, for a self-employed person, the doctor’s verbal diagnosis of a reportable disease is sufficient for it to require reporting to the enforcing authority. As with employees, this only applies if their current job involves exposure to the associated hazard.
Health and Safety Executive
link: http://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/occupational-diseases.htm
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