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Collective Protection Measures for Occupational Exposure to Carcinogenic Chemicals in France: The Links between Regulations on Chemicals and Effective Implementation

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  • Nathalie Havet

    (Laboratoire de Sciences Actuarielle et Financière (LSAF), Institut de Science Financière et d’Assurances (ISFA), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69007 Lyon, France)

  • Alexis Penot

    (Laboratoire de Sciences Actuarielle et Financière (LSAF), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69007 Lyon, France)

Abstract

European directives stipulate that French employers take all available measures to reduce the use of carcinogenic agents. Our study explores the links between regulations on chemicals and the effective implementation of collective protection measures in France to occupational exposure to carcinogenic chemicals. Individual data from the French national cross-sectional survey of occupational hazards, conducted in 2017, were analysed. We investigated whether stricter regulations and longer exposures were associated with a higher level of collective protection using multivariate logistic regressions. In 2017, any collective protection measures were implemented for 35% of occupational situations involving exposure to a carcinogen. A total of 21% of exposure situations benefited from source-based controls (e.g., isolation chamber and local exhaust ventilation) and 26% from general ventilation, for which the effect is limited as collective protection. Our regressions showed that longer exposure durations were associated with more collective protection. Exposure situations to chemicals classified as proven carcinogens by the European Union (category 1A) benefited more from collective protections, which is not the case for products only classified as suspected carcinogens (category 1B). Exposures to products with a Binding Occupational Exposure Limit Value benefited more from source-based controls. Nonetheless, the time spent on the IARC list of carcinogens did not appear to influence the implementation of collective protection measures, except for local exhaust ventilation. At a time when efforts to improve the implementation of protective measures in order to drastically reduce the risks of occupational cancers are still necessary, stricter European and national regulations, but above all, better coordination with the work of the IARC and its classification, are avenues to pursue.

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  • Nathalie Havet & Alexis Penot, 2022. "Collective Protection Measures for Occupational Exposure to Carcinogenic Chemicals in France: The Links between Regulations on Chemicals and Effective Implementation," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(14), pages 1-13, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:14:p:8553-:d:861786
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    1. Nathalie Havet & Alexis Penot & Magali Morelle & Lionel Perrier & Barbara Charbotel & Béatrice Fervers, 2017. "Varied exposure to carcinogenic, mutagenic, and reprotoxic (CMR) chemicals in occupational settings in France," Post-Print halshs-01446700, HAL.
    2. Nathalie Havet & Alexis Penot & Magali Morelle & Lionel Perrier & Barbara Charbotel & Béatrice Fervers, 2017. "Trends in occupational disparities for exposure to carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic chemicals in France 2003–10," Post-Print halshs-01524444, HAL.
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