{"id":1277,"date":"2018-05-02T07:51:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T05:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&#038;p=1277"},"modified":"2018-05-02T07:54:02","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T05:54:02","slug":"imnedija-kampanja-ta-gharfien-madwar-l-ewropa-dwar-sustanzi-perikoluzi-fil-post-tax-xoghol","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/imnedija-kampanja-ta-gharfien-madwar-l-ewropa-dwar-sustanzi-perikoluzi-fil-post-tax-xoghol\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe-wide awareness raising campaign on dangerous substances at work launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1280\" src=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/chemical-hazards-st-louis-workers-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/chemical-hazards-st-louis-workers-comp.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/chemical-hazards-st-louis-workers-comp-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/chemical-hazards-st-louis-workers-comp-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/chemical-hazards-st-louis-workers-comp-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/chemical-hazards-st-louis-workers-comp-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/osha.europa.eu\/en\">European Agency for Safety and Health at Work<\/a>\u00a0(EU-OSHA) launched its 2018-19 EU-wide campaign, Healthy Workplaces Manage Dangerous Substances,\u00a0on April 24.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The launch marks the start of\u00a0two\u00a0years of events and activities aimed at drawing attention to the issue and promoting the best ways of tackling the risks that dangerous substances pose to workers.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Contrary to\u00a0popular\u00a0belief, the use of dangerous substances is not decreasing in the EU, and the need to manage the risks they pose is as pressing as ever. Some of the substances that workers are most commonly exposed to include carcinogens\u00a0(the European Commission has recently proposed to limit workers\u2019 exposure to another five cancer-causing substances).<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The new campaign aims to promote techniques for the proper management of dangerous substances in the workplace\u00a0by disseminating practical tools and case studies. It also focuses on groups of workers who are at particular risk.\u00a0The campaign brings together a wide range of partners, which help to spread the campaign&#8217;s messages to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.\u202f<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>EU-OSHA is\u00a0also\u00a0a partner of the\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/osha.europa.eu\/en\/themes\/dangerous-substances\/roadmap-to-carcinogens\">Roadmap on Carcinogens<\/a>. This action scheme aims to raise awareness of carcinogens in the workplace and to provide practical information on risk assessment and good practice examples for eliminating or managing risks.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The\u00a0European Agency for Safety and Health at Work\u00a0(EU-OSHA) launched its 2018-19 EU-wide campaign, Healthy Workplaces Manage Dangerous Substances,\u00a0on April 24.\u00a0 The launch marks the start of\u00a0two\u00a0years of events and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1280,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"issuem_issue":[56],"issuem_issue_categories":[14],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.8.8","language":"en","enabled_languages":["mt","en"],"languages":{"mt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1277"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1277"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1283,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1277\/revisions\/1283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue?post=1277"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_categories?post=1277"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_tags?post=1277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}