{"id":2551,"date":"2019-05-02T09:33:50","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T07:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2551"},"modified":"2019-05-02T09:33:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T07:33:50","slug":"il-parlament-jaggorna-r-regolamenti-ewropej-sabiex-ihares-ahjar-lill-haddiema-minn-kimici-li-jikkawzaw-il-kancer","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/il-parlament-jaggorna-r-regolamenti-ewropej-sabiex-ihares-ahjar-lill-haddiema-minn-kimici-li-jikkawzaw-il-kancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament updates EU rules to better protect workers from cancer-causing chemicals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2541\" src=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/woman-laboratory-working-chemicals-footage-077297562_prevstill.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2160\" srcset=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/woman-laboratory-working-chemicals-footage-077297562_prevstill.jpeg 3840w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/woman-laboratory-working-chemicals-footage-077297562_prevstill-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/woman-laboratory-working-chemicals-footage-077297562_prevstill-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/woman-laboratory-working-chemicals-footage-077297562_prevstill-1024x576.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">MEPs adopted a new law adding exposure limit values for five chemicals harmful to workers\u2019 health.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">MEPs adopted the\u202f<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/news\/en\/press-room\/20190129IPR24517\/deal-on-updating-eu-rules-to-protect-workers-from-cancer-causing-chemicals\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">text agreed with EU Ministers<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fby wide majority by 586 votes to 10 with 26 abstentions.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The legislation adds cadmium, beryllium, arsenic acid, formaldehyde and 4,4&#8242;-Methylene-bis(2-chloroaniline) (MOCA) to the EU list of harmful substances. These chemicals are used in a wide range of sectors, such as nickel-cadmium battery manufacture, zinc and copper smelting, laboratories, electronics, funerals and embalming, construction, healthcare (pathology departments and autopsy rooms), plastics and recycling sectors.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The new rules will improve working conditions for over one million EU workers and prevent over 22 000 cases of work-related illness.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Transition periods<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The adopted text sets the following transition periods:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">8 years for cadmium,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">7 years for beryllium and<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">4 years for arsenic acid.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For Formaldehyde, a transition period of 5 years is foreseen only for health and the funeral sector, in view of their specific situation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cadmium and cytotoxic drugs: possible further amendments<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The European Commission shall assess within three years whether the Directive should be amended to include further provisions on cadmium. In addition, the Commission will, upon Parliament\u2019s request, assess no later than the end of the second quarter of 2020 the option of amending the\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=celex:32004L0037\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f(CMD) to include hazardous drugs, including cytotoxic drugs, or to propose a more appropriate instrument to ensure the occupational safety of workers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; MEPs adopted a new law adding exposure limit values for five chemicals harmful to workers\u2019 health.\u00a0MEPs adopted the\u202ftext agreed with EU Ministers\u202fby wide majority by 586 votes to 10 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2541,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"issuem_issue":[108],"issuem_issue_categories":[8],"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\/2551"}],"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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2551"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2553,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2551\/revisions\/2553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue?post=2551"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_categories?post=2551"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_tags?post=2551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}