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Opioids and Work Study highlighted in CIM Magazine

The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum’s CIM Magazine highlighted results from the Opioid-Related Harms Among Ontario Workers study…

Opioids Disproportionately Affect Certain Sectors: Study

An article by Lindsay Kelly, published in SooToday.com and Sudbury.com, highlights findings from the ‘Opioid-related Harms Among Ontario Workers‘ study….

Ontario investing over $6 million to prevent work-related cancers

Ontario is investing over $6 million to support research led by the Occupational Cancer Research Centre (OCRC) to identify workplace-related…

Ontario names world renowned expert to lead review on occupational cancers
Ontario names world renowned expert to lead review on occupational cancers

News release: The Ontario government has announced that it is launching a review of how occupational cancer is compensated in…

Outdoor workers have 3 times greater risk of skin cancer
Outdoor workers have 3 times greater risk of skin cancer

Approximately 1.5 million Canadians are exposed to sun at work and according to the Canadian Dermatology Association, as many as…

Researchers raise concerns for worker health in Ontario’s e-waste sector
Researchers raise concerns for worker health in Ontario’s e-waste sector

Flame retardants are added to a wide range of products, including electronics and home furnishings, to meet fire safety standards….

GE retirees, wives and children continue fight with WSIB despite hardships
GE retirees, wives and children continue fight with WSIB despite hardships

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is currently undertaking a review of previously-denied compensation claims from former GE Peterborough…

Government plans to review handling of workplace cancers in wake of GE Peterborough case
Government plans to review handling of workplace cancers in wake of GE Peterborough case

On Friday April 13th, the Minister of Labour’s office issued a release that the provincial government plans to review the…

Work-related cancer compensation to be reviewed by province
Work-related cancer compensation to be reviewed by province

Ontario will review which cancers are considered work related and how compensation for workers diagnosed with the disease is distributed, according to…

Ontario launching review of work-related cancers to ensure workers receive the right care
Ontario launching review of work-related cancers to ensure workers receive the right care

News Release: Ontario is launching a review of how work-related cancers are evaluated for the purposes of compensation. The goal…

Canada introduces new asbestos rules
Canada introduces new asbestos rules

Canada is proposing to prohibit the use, sale, import, and export of asbestos and asbestos-containing products.

Coffee doesn’t cause cancer, but these things might, according to the WHO
Coffee doesn’t cause cancer, but these things might, according to the WHO

The International Agency for Research on Cancer recently downgraded the carcinogenicity of coffee to Group 3 (not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity in humans).

Sun safety at work on the farm
Sun safety at work on the farm

Sun Awareness Week was June 6th to 12th. Click here to read an article on the Sun Safety at Work Canada project.

No Safe Use
No Safe Use

The health impact of asbestos mining in Canada is highlighted in two recent media stories.

Leading cause of work-related deaths? Occupational cancer
Leading cause of work-related deaths? Occupational cancer

OHS Insider – September 5, 2013 It’s easy to assume that the leading cause of work-related deaths must be something…

OCRC receives funding from the Canadian Cancer Society to study the burden of occupational cancer
OCRC receives funding from the Canadian Cancer Society to study the burden of occupational cancer

The Occupational Cancer Research Centre will lead a Canada-wide study investigating the human and economic impact of workplace exposure to…

Study examines breast cancer link to flame retardants
Study examines breast cancer link to flame retardants

Andrew Vowles atGuelph – Thursday April 26, 2012 Probing links between breast cancer and a group of pollutants is the…

CBC News highlights the risks of occupational cancer
CBC News highlights the risks of occupational cancer

CBC News has published a series of articles on occupational cancer. These articles discuss the risks of exposure to workplace…