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NEWSLETTERInternational Commission onOccupational Health - ICOH

Volume 14, Number 2 July 2016

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Commission Internationale dela Santé au Travail - CIST

I Message from the President 1

I News from Secretary-General 4

I Message from the Editor 5

I Save the Date ICOH 2018 in Dublin 6

I Reports from Scientific Committee 10

I HOT Topics 12

I Résumé en français 17

I ICOH Scientific Committees Chairs and Secretaries

2015-2018 20

I National Secretaries Triennium 2015-2018 22

I ICOH Officers and Board Members 24

Message from the President

Building or breaking bridges

I am writing this message a day after my return from my mission and keynote presentation at the B r i t i s h I O S H C o n f e r e n c e i n London – and a day a f t e r t he British BREXIT vote. Oh dear!

I totally agree with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore, a coun t ry wi th long and t igh t connections with Britain: “We all live in a globalized, interdependent world. The desire to disengage, to be less constrained by one’s partners, to be free to do things entirely as one chooses, is entirely understandable. And yet in reality for many countries disengaging and tuning inwards will lead to less security, less prosperity, and a dimmer future.” As an international professional c o m m i s s i o n I C O H e n d e v o u r s to work and to connect wi th every country, region, institution, a s s o c i a t i o n a n d i n d i v i d u a l professional that share the same va lues , goa l s , a sp i ra t ions and ethical thinking.It is our role and in our interest to build bridges, unite rather than divide. Traditionally, occupational h e a l t h a n d s a f e t y i s a n a r e a where people can sit around the round table, discuss and debate in a civilized manner, agree and

come to joint solutions. We will have look into how we could best contribute to both EU and British occupa t iona l hea l th e ffo r t s in future. From my own experience both in the ILO and in the European Union I can say that if there is any country that has really made a major impact in occupational health and safety, in Europe and globally, it is the United Kingdom. More than any other EU Member state the U.K. has left occupational safety and health fingerprints everywhere. Drafting of conventions, directives, s e t t i n g u p n e w i n s t i t u t i o n s – such as the one I worked for – E U - O S H A , m o d e l s , r e s e a r c h and evidence, new policies and practices, work with developing countries – isn’t this all something that a country should be proud of rather than withdrawing from such activities and tuning inwards?

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ⓒ International Commission on Occupational Health, 2016ISSN 1459-6792 (Printed publication) ISSN 1795-0260 (On-line publication)

ICOH NewsletterPublished by the InternationalCommission on Occupational HealthEditorsEditor in ChiefEun-A Kimtoxneuro@kosha.or.krManuscript EditorBo-Kyoung KimOverseas@kosha.or.krEditorial BoardSeong-Kyu Kangsk.kang@gachon.ac.krSergio Iavicolis.iavicoli@inail.itSuvi Lehtinensuvi.a.lehtinen@gmail.comChristophe Parischristophe.paris@nancy.inserm.frRosa M. Orriolsorriols@bellvitgehospital.catEdoardo Santinoedoardo.santino@gmail.comMax Lummrl1@cdc.govStephane Vaxelairestephane.vaxelaire@inrs.frReviewed and Edited by

KOSHA(Korea Occupational Safety& Health Agency)The electronic version of the ICOH Newsletter on the internet can be accessed at the following address: www.icohweb.org/newsletterThe responsibility for opinions expressed in signed articles, studies and other contributions rests solely with their authors, and publication does not constitute an endorsement by the International Commission on Occupational Health of the opinions expressed in them.The ICOH Newsletter contents may freely be translated into other languages and disseminated among ICOH members.

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Excellent EU Presidency Conference in the Netherlands

I C O H S e c r e t a r y G e n e r a l , D r. Sergio Iavicoli and myself had a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o f o l l o w a n d contribute to the “Preventing work-related cancer – Conference” at the end of May. In particular, I was delighted to see such devoted and committed contributions from the Netherlands Government and insti tutions. A new estimate of work-related cancer incidence, mortality and costs were presented b y t h e N e t h e r l a n d s N a t i o n a l Ins t i tu te , RIVM: 122,600 new work-related cancers in a year, 79,700 deaths, annually 1.2 million years lost, and 334 billion Euro economic loss, see further details and download from: http://goo.gl/Zlnxps

These results support and confirm also the numbers presented in my report on EU level problems when taking into account that the Dutch report is limited to chemicals and hazardous substances only.Other carcinogenic agents, such as shift work, solar radiation, ionizing radiation were excluded from the Dutch study. Add another 15% for these and the deaths would rise to

95,000 in 2012 while my estimate was 102,500 based on the ILO data, see: http://goo.gl/o9hlAJ Today, we know that the numbers have continued to go up and will do so as more and heavily exposed workers in the past are reaching the critical ages for cancer. I was advocating stricter RCS or respirable crystalline silica dust exposure limits of 0.05 mg/m3 than recently proposed by the European Commission (0 .1mg/m3) which states that the proposed new limit will eliminate 2,000 fatal cancer cases annually, They do not say that the present number is 6,900 deaths/year in the EU28. United States just issued a new rule on silica at the level of 0.05 mg/m3 and some countries e.g. Finland have successfully implemented this lower limit for some time. OSHA (USA) says that the lowering from 0.1 to 0.05 mg3 wil l el iminate two thirds of the US fatal cases. Of course, many other measures are needed to lower the real dust exposure levels at work. All excellent keynotes and other presentations, including keynotes of Kevin Myers of U.K/IALI and myself are here, see under “Menu-Reactions” in:http://www.magazine-on-the-spot.nl/pwrc/

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A lot of Interest in ICOH in Latin America

Some 1 ,000 occupat ional hea l th profess ionals gathered in the ANAMT Congress in Iguassu, Brazil. The theme was on “Knowledge and Competency, Necessities to Manage Health of Workers” Some highl ights included the speech of the ANAMT President Dr. Zuher Handar and contributions by a large number of ICOH Members and other experts. Dr. Handar highlighted the need for a network of experts in different disciplines related to occupational medicine with a view of achieving healthy, dignified and decent work in a risk free work environment. Colleagues from most other Latin American countries – and ICOH members including Dr Jorge Morales from Mexico - were present and had their specific meetings.In the photo the Director of ILO Office in Brazil – my good colleague in the past – Mr. Peter Poschen is introducing me to the audience.

A similar Congress of the Colombian Society of Occupat ional Medic ine was held in Car tagena

celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the “Sociedad Colombiana” with a lot of dancing, eat ing and fun . WHO/PAHO was wel l r epresen ted by Dr Julietta Rodriguez. A large number of national and international experts highlighted the country and regional problems and solutions.

Both in Brazil and in Colombia we had specific ICOH meetings facilitated by the National Secretaries. It is very rewarding to see all this action and committed ICOH colleagues around the world.

The preparatory work of the next ICOH Congress in Dublin is in full swing. The ICOH Officers will meet and discuss these and other issues in early September in connection of the EPICOH Conference in Barcelona. I’ll trust that the Scientific Committees will provide valuable inputs for the preparatory work.

Jukka TakalaPresident of ICOH

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It is with great pleasure that we launch with this issue a new section dedicated to communication from the Secretariat General, with the aim to inform on membership issues and benefits, meetings and events, collaboration with other NGOs and all related activities.

With this occasion, we would like to make a focus on the process of translation of the third edition of the ICOH Code of Ethics, which is now available in languages other than the official ones (English and French): Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Turkish, Estonian. All translations can be found on the ICOH website www.icohweb.org. These works are the result of a process carried out by dedicated Working Groups appointed by the ICOH President.

One of the major innovations of this third edition is the acknowledgement of the need for an interdisciplinary approach in the occupational health practice, including psychology, ergonomy and environmental security, with a focus on continuous training and on the publication of scientific evidence coming from the studies conducted.With this new edition, the field of application is extended from the single practitioner to the organizations and public institutions, which will have to adopt a program in line with the ICOH Code of Ethics.

It is important to recall that ethics is a field with no clear delimitation in consideration of its multidisciplinary application. For this reason, it is also subject to periodical updates and revisions, in a dynamic process involving the entire occupational health community.In a time where ethics is becoming a focus in all fields, all practitioners working in the field of occupational health are

called to act according to standards of conduct guided by collective responsibility.

We express our sincere gratitude to all the Working Groups in charge of the translations for their important contribution in the dissemination of the Code: René Mendes, Ruddy Facci and Edoardo Santino for the Portuguese translation; Hua Fu for the Chinese translation; Kazutaka Kogi, Tsutomu Hoshuyama, Norito Kawakami and Katsura Umehara for the Japanese translation; Elia Enriquez, Luis Mazon and Rosa Orriols for the Spanish translation; Giovanni Costa and Maurizio Manno for the Italian translation; Yucel Demiral, Hale Harik and Semin Semih for the Turkish translation; Eda Merisalu, Kaie Kudre and Liina Saar for the Estonian translation.

We take the opportunity to remind you that the ICOH Secretariat General is always at your disposal for all enquiries. Please contact us at icoh@inail.it.In thanking you for being part of the ICOH community, we extend our best regards to all of you.

Prof. Sergio IavicoliICOH Secretary-General

News from Secretary General

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Message from the Editor

Content of this Issue

The ICOH Newsletter launched a new section called ‘News from Secretary General’ with this issue (V14.2). News from the secretary will be able to connect the officers/ board members with ICOH members on important issues concerning ICOH. Please keep your eye out for section and stay informed about the key issues concerning ICOH. This issue delivers several important news related and interesting stories. First of all, advanced notice of the next ICOH conference (ICOH 2018) in Ireland has been announced. The newly founded scientif ic committee, Mining Occupational Safety and Health (MinOSH) is introduced briefly. MinOSH, started last year, wants to show their enthusiastic activity plan to ICOH members and young researchers who would like to join them. Three unique and interesting topics have been prepared for this issue. Dr. Gert van der Laan showed a well-organized multidisciplinary blended learning course in Agricultural Health and Medicine. He summarized the development process of the next generation of rural and agricultural safety and health leaders among rural and remote Australians. With growing international travel, health and safety issues concerning international travel have become one a hot topic in the occupational safety field. Recently, several viral threats (such as Zika, Ebola, and malaria) have reminded us of the necessity of providing travelers and workers with timely information related to health threats. DR Susan A. Randolph emphasized the role of occupational health nursing for international travelers' health. Occupational skin cancer is always in the main stream of occupat ional d isorders . Dr. Swen Mal te John described occupational skin cancer as "neglected but an increasingly prevalent work-related skin disease." It is very encouraging that there has been a recent increase submission by the members to the ICOH Newsletter. For the

members who want to send to the newsletter the hot topics or the next event in their scientific committee I am glad to announce that the editorial schedule for the ICHO Newsletter is as follows.

The editorial planning of the ICOH Newsletter For 2016 is as follows:Vol 14 No.3 1st DEC (deadline of article submission: 10th OCT)

For 2017, 2018, 1) Vol1: 1st APR (deadline of article submission: 10th FEB)2) Vol2: 1st AUG (deadline of article submission: 10th JUN)3) Vol3: 1st DEC (deadline of article submission: 10th OCT)

Changes of Addresses

The ICOH Newsletter is published in two versions: hard copy and electronic version. All active ICOH members, who paid membership fee for the triennium 2016-2018, receive it by e-mail and postal mail. To get both of them, the email address and postal address registered to the ICOH Secretariat need to be correct. Please inform the new address, if any, to the Editorial office (icohnews@kosha.or.kr) or the ICOH Secretariat (icoh@inail.it).

Eun-A KimEditor-in-Chief,

ICOH Newsletter

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We would like to invite you to attend the 32nd ICOH Congress in Dublin, Ireland 29th Apri 4th May 2018. Our theme is Occupational Health and Wellbeing: linking research to practice. To deliver on this we will have an excellent blend of

plenary, semi-plenary and parallel sessions on a range of the latest occupational health and safety topics. The Policy Forum will also discuss strategies to deal with future challenges in occupational health and safety from national and global perspectives. The Congress offers a unique opportunity to experience a truly global multi-disciplinary event where you can learn, discuss and share views with a wide range of expert OSH contributors and practitioners from across the world. Come to Dublin and benefit from the exchange of ideas and practice which contributes to advancing research, policy and interventions. Dublin is Ireland’s capital city and is steeped in history and vibrant cultural diversity with a variety of activities and sights to enjoy. The conference will take place in the iconic Convention Centre Dublin and we look forward to welcoming you.

Dr. Martin Hogan Chair, National Organising Committee

Prof. Ken AddleyChair, National Scientific Committee

Save the Date ICOH 2018 in Dublin

http://icoh2018.org/wp/

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Useful information

Improving Workers’ Health across the Globe : Advancing the Global Plan of Action for Workers’ Health The new publication entitled Improving Workers’ Health Across the Globe: Advancing the Global Plan of Action for Workers’ Health at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2016-118/ was announced. It was jointly published by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), USA and the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), which are collaborating centers in the WHO Global Network of Collaborating Centers for Occupational Health.

A YouTube Resource for Educators and Trainershttp://www.youtube.com/user/markdcatlin

Historic Workplace & Environmental Health and Safety FilmsScientific Committee on the History of Prevention of Occupational and Environmental Diseases has included in its ICOH website http://schpoed.weebly.com/ information on historical films and videos. This channel

currently includes more than 1,000 historic films and films clips on a wide range of workplace and environmental health and safety topics. These clips can be useful in teaching classes, such as:

HAZWOPER • Asbestos • Lead • OSHA 10 and 30 classes • Emergency response • CBRNE• Environmental and green training• Biological hazards • EHS academic classes• Labor history classes

These films and film clips are excellent triggers for discussions and will liven up training. Most of these are taken from government and industrials films from 1912 to 2000, and are in the public domain. The films and clips range in length from 20 seconds to 60 minutes. Topics include past asbestos, lead and pesticide use, historical

workplace and environmental hazards, early hazardous waste site cleanup, respirators and other PPE use, and biological, chemical and Respirator fit testing, 1930s nuclear warfare from WWII and the cold war. For more information or to suggest material to be added to the channel, please contact Mark Catlin at: mark.catlin@seiu.org.

Erratum

The authors of ‘Occupational Safety and Health Online: How to Find Reliable Information(http://www.ldoh.net/)’,which introduced last Newsletter (V14.1), was missing. The authors of the book are Dr Frank van Dijk and Dr Yohama Caraballo-Aria. Spanish translation is ready (at the time of the new Newsletter) as PDF and that this version is also downloadable from the same website http://www.ldoh.net A Turkish translation is still in preparation.

Next Events

International Symposium of Reproductive Hazards in Workplaces in 2016 (RHICOH2016)The International Symposium of Reproductive Hazards in Workplaces in 2016 (RHICOH2016) will take place on September 5-6, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. Pau-Chung Chen, Jens Peter Bonde, Elvira Brauner, Marc Schenker, Nel Roeleveld, and Reiko Kishi will chair the symposium that will provide you the trend in the study of reproductive hazards. The world’s leading experts in this field will gather and present their latest researches to provide interdisciplinary discussions.The information is available online on http://www.epicoh2016.org/

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First Symposium of the Emergency Preparedness and Response 1st Symposium of the Emergency Preparedness and Response in OH (EPROH), with a joint session with the European Society of Emergency Medicine (EuSEM) Vienna (Austria); Sunday 2, October 2016, http://www.eusemcongress.org/en/A symposium will hold on possible collaborations between Occupational and Emergency ‘Worlds’, and a meeting of our scientific committee. The symposium will be introduced by Dr. Michel Baer (Head of SAMU92, Paris Hospital) member of EuSEM and Secretary of our scientific committee. He will present the emergency physician point of view. The academic point of view will be presented by Prof. Alexis Descatha (Head of occupational health unit, Paris Hospital Versailles University), chairman of our scientific committee. Dr. Susanne Schunder-Tatzber (OMV -International red cross, Vienna) will conclude presentations on the occupational physician point of view. A time for sharing is expected with the audience coming from ‘Emergency World’ and ‘Occupational World’ as well, so please register to the congress and come on Sunday 2, October in Vienna! Later on the afternoon, we will have our scientific meeting there. Every ICOH and EuSEM members attending to the congress and interested in Emergency Preparedness and Response in workplace are very welcome!

Scientific Committee on the History of Prevention of Occupational and Environmental DiseasesScientific Committee on the History of Prevention of Occupational and Environmental Diseases will be holding its 6th international conference in Gothenburg, Sweden, in March 30-31, 2017. The meeting is arranged by the Section of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. The conference goals are to increase interaction among practitioners, researchers and policy-makers in assessment of the historical development of occupational and environmental health. The conference is intended to promote the interconnections among historians and occupational and environmental practitioners/researchers. Key-note lecturers will include speakers who are extensively published leaders in their fields: Christopher C. Sellers, Paul-André Rosental, David Rosner, Gerald Markowitz, Paul

Blanc, Julia Moses, Nancy Langston, Dietrich Milles, Soraya Boudia, Tores Theorell and Tony Davies. In addition to invited presentations, the program will also include an open call for abstracts for oral and poster presentations and a pre-conference methods training workshop. An additional highlight of the conference will be an evening of historic health and safety films and videos. We welcome co-sponsorship from other ICOH Scientific committees.Abstracts will open September 1, 2016. Please visit the conference website for more information on the conference http://www.medicine.gu.se/icoh-history. Information about the Scientific Committee can be found at http://schpoed.weebly.com/.Leslie Nickels, Chair of Scientific Committee on the History of Prevention of Occupational and Environmental Disease U.S National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Workshop of the Scientific Committee on Occupational Health in Small-Scale Enterprises and the Informal Sector (SCOHSSEIS) SCOHSSEIS will conduc two Workshops in New Delhi, India on 21-22 September 2016. These workshops aim to build basic OH capability in SME and Informal sector organisations and will be leading up to the 3rd International Conference on Occupational & Environmental Health in New Delhi. See www.conferenceoeh.comThe workshop How do we achieve Healthy Workplaces in SMEs? will involve participatory action-oriented tools to identify and control workplace hazards in SMEs with opportunity for practical exercises. The second workshop on Building capability to deliver basic occupational health to informal sector workers aims to address the challenges in integrating basic occupational health services for workers in the unregulated informal sectors with public health programs. Practical knowledge to provide occupational health services, hazard communication and raising worker awareness will be presented with examples of successful programs in different countries. SCOHSSEIS will facilitate both workshops through members with relevant expertise in ergonomics, occupational health and hygiene. The content and format of the workshops is developed in consultation with ICOEH organising committee.

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ICOH members are encouraged to participate and promote the event to their colleagues and contacts. Particularly those who may be involved in, or interested in, addressing the many challenges in delivering occupational health services to SME and informal sectors.For more details contact: Dr Ashish Mittal info@ohs-mcs.org

MANGANESE2016The Second International Conference on the neurotoxicity and prevention of manganese health effects, will be held September 25-28, 2016 at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, USA. Roberto Lucchini, MD, Director of the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, is Conference Chair. The conference is co-sponsored by the ICOH Scientific Committee on the Toxicology of Metals and by the ICOH Scientific Committee on Neurotoxicology and Psychophysiology. Over 70 scientists from 13 countries are already registered for this event. Keynote addresses will be delivered by David Michaels, PhD, MPH, Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, LLM, Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.This conference will bring together international experts and new researchers to present, discuss, and evaluate the most recent information on manganese. The conference will yield international state-of-the-science discussion of what is known, identify information gaps, and help define future

directions for research to advance our fundamental knowledge of the causes, mechanisms, diagnosis, related new technologies, treatment and prevention of manganese (Mn)-induced or exacerbated diseases and disorders in children, adults, and the elderly, especially in those at risk for high exposure, such as miners and welders.Plenaries will focus on: Health Risk Assessment and Protective Standards Health Effects of Workplace Exposure, Health Effects of Community Exposure, New Aspects of Toxicity in Animal Models and Cellular Functions, Clinical Features, Imaging, and PathologyScientists and trainees will also be presenting their work on these topics at a poster presentation session. Poster awards will be presented to pre-doctoral and post-doctoral trainees. Pre-doctoral and post-doctoral trainees, women, minorities, individuals from developing countries, as well as those with disabilities are encouraged to participate in the conference, and travel awards will be provided to select attendees, subject to funding availability. Students considering further studies or a career in environmental health, toxicology, and other allied fields will be given the chance to participate in the MANGANESE2016 Conference Trainee Program, during which they will meet with leading scientists interested in mentoring young investigators. Students will attend a pre-conference session with several conference participants to discuss issues pertinent to the meeting themes and also learn about career paths in the sciences. For further information and to register for MANGANESE2016, please visit http://events.mountsinaihealth.org/event/manganese2016.

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MinOSH – A new Scientific Committee in ICOH!

E-mail: minosh.icoh@gmail.comWebpage: www.icoh-minosh.com

Mining Occupational Safety and Health (MinOSH) was launched as an ICOH Scientific Committee (SC) at the ICOH Board meeting held in Seoul, in June 2015, after being an ICOH Working Group for approximately one year. SC MinOSH provides a forum for ICOH members and other experts who are concerned or involved with various aspects of mining, particularly in terms of occupational safety and health (OSH): large, small scale, formal and informal mining. It encourages members to meet, network and collaborate, in order to share knowledge and experiences about OSH promotion and implementation of solutions, to improve the working conditions of mine workers world-wide. When SC MinOSH was established, a Chair and Secretary were elected, and subcommittees were formed, to work with special issues in mining. Since then, quarterly meetings have been held with the attendance of the Chair, Secretary, founders and leaders of the different subcommittees. The SC MinOSH membership has grown substantially: currently there are 80 members (45 being ICOH members), representing 31 different countries.To date, the fruits of the work of SC

MinOSH have culminated in the preparation of a position paper on ‘Safety and Health in Mining’, edited and coordinated by Kaj Elgstrand (Uppsala University), and with contributions from various MinOSH members. This paper is at the finalisation stages, and is soon to be published and disseminated in the public domain. Other priority areas are OSH services in mining; special issues for formal, small and artisanal mining; and a repository for training materials. Contacts have been established and projects on improved OSH in mining are currently being developed for several countries in Africa.

SC MinOSH is in the process of organising a conference “OSH in Mining”, to be held in Denmark, in August 2017. For the conference, SC MinOSH will partner with the Nordic Institute for Advanced Training in Occupational Health (NIVA), as the latter will be presenting a workshop on practical training for OSH in mining, as part of the conference programme. Other collaborators are University of Southern Denmark; Clinic of Occupational Medicine- Odense

University Hospital; Greenland University; Danish National Research Centre for the Working Environment; Danish Society of Occupational Medicine; NGO Dialogos; Workplace Health Without Borders (WHWB); and the International Section on Prevention in Mining of the International Social Security Association (ISSA). SC MinOSH would also like to collaborate with other ICOH SCs with overlapping areas of interest, and hereby extends an invitation to all interested parties to communicate with SC MinOSH at minosh.icoh@gmail.com, with their proposals. SC MinOSH also endeavours to participate in other conferences which can serve as good platforms for the inclusion of the topic ‘OSH in Mining’ in their programmes and discussions. Currently, a national health conference being organised in Kampala, Uganda, will include a mini-symposium wherein the ICOH SC on Agriculture and SC MinOSH will collaborate and present on OSH in Agriculture and Mining.Several of our SC MinOSH members have shared their experiences through communi-cations and publications during the past year, and we look forward to receiving much more input in the near future.We hope that the work of SC MinOSH will continue to grow, and that it will reach more and more professionals and other interested parties, through the dissemination of knowledge on ‘OSH in Mining’. We take this opportunity to encourage you to become a member of SC MinOSH!

Reports from Scientific Committee

Erik JorsChair, SC MinOSH

Florencia HarariSecretary, MinOSH

Mercury evaporates from gold amalgam burning in the Philippines. Photo by Jane Frølund Thomsen

Copper open pit mining operation in Chile, CN. Photo by Claudina Noguiera

Gold ore washed in Bolivia. Photo by Guido Condarco

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Participation to the WHO 5th International Advisory Committee of INTERSUN -The Global UV Project, and the the International EMF Project

SC on Radiation and WorkFabriziomaria Gobba

Chair, SC R&W

In 1996 the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the “International EMF Project” with the aim to assess the health risks, and to develop policy options for the protection of people from exposure to electric and magnetic fields within the frequency range 0 to 300 GHz. The International EMF Project brings together current knowledge and available resources of key international and national agencies and scientific institutions in order to develop scientifically-sound health risk assessments of exposure to static and time varying electric and magnetic fields. The results of research are presented in the well known “WHO's Environmental Health Criteria (EHC) Monographs”, where formal health risk assessments are conducted on EMF, and gaps in knowledge and need of further research are identified.

Oversight of the Project is provided

by an International Advisory Committee (IAC), composed of members of international organizations as the ILO, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), WHO collaborating centers, and national authorities from participating Countries. The IAC meets once a year to discuss national activities, current research programmes, legislation and public concern, and advises the International EMF Project on its activities.

This year the IAC meeting, the 21th, was organized by WHO in Bruxelles.

Prof. Fabriziomaria Gobba, chair of the SC on Radiation and Work (SC R&W), was invited to represent ICOH, i.e one of the few non-governmental organizations (NGOs) included in the IAC. During the meeting Prof. Gobba has presented the activities of the SC R&W currently ongoing in the field of the protection and health promotion of EMF exposed workers.

In conjunction with the IAC meeting, WHO has also organized the 5th International Advisory Committee Meeting of INTERSUN - The Global UV Project. The INTERSUN project encourages countries to take action to reduce UV radiation-induced health

risks and provides guidance to national authorities and other agencies about effective sun awareness programmes and, since 1995, has provided a wealth of information about research and public health measures concerning UV exposure and its health effects. During the meeting Prof. Gobba presented an overview of the different activities of the SC R&W currently ongoing in the field of health risk evaluation and protection and health promotion of workers exposed to solar UV radiation. Prof. Swen Malte John, chair of the ICOH SC on Occupational and Environmental Dermatoses, also attended to the meeting.

In conclusion, we like to give thanks to Dr Emilie van Deventer, the Team Leader of the WHO Radiation (RAD) programme with managerial responsibility for both the Ionizing and Non-Ionizing Radiation programmes, and with technical responsibility for the WHO EMF Project and the INTERSUN UV Programme, for the attention to the activities of ICOH, and especially of the SC R&W, in the field of both Ionizing and Non-Ionizing Radiation, and for the involvement in the IAC of the International EMF Project and of INTERSUN.

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Teaching Agricultural Health and Medicine Observations on an Australian Experience

Gert van der Laan1) (g.vanderlaan@occmed.eu) International Centre for Rural Health, University of Milan www.icrh.eu, Italy and Foundation Learning and Developing Occupational Health (LDOH) www.ldoh.net

IntroductionThe National Centre for Farmer Health in Hamilton, part of

the Deakin University’s School of Medicine, Australia organizes annually an intensive multidisciplinary training in agricultural health and medicine. It aims to develop the next generation of rural and agricultural health leaders to improve the health, wellbeing and safety of rural and remote Australians. It is inspired by the work of Kelley Donham in the USA, whose book2) is used as teaching material. In this note some observations of the Australian February 2016 Training Unit are made.

ParticipantsThe Unit is open for graduate level students and

professionals from nursing, medicine, health, agricultural science, agribusiness, social work, veterinary and environmental science backgrounds. This course was attended by 20 students including 8 registered nurses, 1 medical doctor, 1 paramedic, 4 agricultural/biological scientists, 2 agribusiness/farmers, 4 allied health professionals and included students from most states of Australia and 2 international students. Most of the participants have an

agricultural background and some of them also run a family farm, which provides practical application and deep involvement in the course content.

StructureIt starts with a five-day intensive program with lectures,

group work, farm and livestock saleyard visits. Lectures start and end with multiple-choice questions to assist with learning. Lectures are interactive and group work is integrated in the lectures. In the remainder of the trimester on-line tutoring, group work and on-going assessment is structured. During this period students have e-access to the University Library. During the farm visit students develop skills to do a walk-through survey and risk assessment. The curriculum covers a variety of topics on specific hazards like pesticides, zoonoses, injuries, mental and physical health and interventions/ prevention strategies. Students learn to evaluate critically the agricultural health literature and use online communication technologies to investigate and address agricultural and rural health problems. Also the organization of health and safety, occupational health assessment and remote emergency medicine are issues in this unit.

How much did you get?Hearing this question of a farmer to another farmer

one would expect it is about the price of cattle or land. Australian farmers answer in terms of millimetres rainfall. Global warming is a big issue and new varieties of grass are developed with better resistance to drought and heat. Also water supply for the animals is a critical issue.

Career perspectivesThe course is accredited to offer continuing education and

professional development points through a number of professional colleges and associations, including the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine. It can also be taken as an elective unit (worth 1 credit point) towards a postgraduate qualification at Deakin University and is a

HOT Topics

1) Gert van der Laan, Chair ICOH SC Rural Health was observer and delivered a lecture in this course. 2) Kelley Donham , Anders Thelin. Agricultural Medicine second edition, 2016. ISBN-13: 978-1118647202

Gert van der LaanChair, SC RH

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core unit of Australia’s only Graduate Certificate of Agricultural Health and Medicine. The unit is also a requirement for recognition as a health provider by AgriSafe Australia so it provides pay-back options. Student feedback is collected daily and also by the university eVALUate system where the course has performed well above faculty average.

ConclusionThis is a well-organized multidisciplinary blended learning

course in Agricultural Health and Medicine.Success factors are:

• dedicated competent trainers with a rural background, who serve as a role-model.

• the blended (online and face-to-face) learning structure• the multidisciplinary background of both teachers as

course participants • the incorporation of the programme in the Deakin

University infrastructure with electronic access to the library

• the career perspectives that are offered and related pay-back options

Acknowledgment:Susan Brumby, Clinical Associate Professor and founding

director of the National Centre for Farmer Health; see: http://www.farmerhealth.org.au/ This website also provides more information on an e-course

in Agricultural Health and Medicine and details of the AgriSafe Programme and is HONcode accredited.

Occupational Health Nursing: Role in International Travel Health

Occupational health nurses (OHNs) provide for and deliver health and safety programs and services to workers, worker populations, and community groups (American Association of Occupational Health Nurses [AAOHN], 2015). Prevention is at the heart of the practice, focusing on promotion and restoration of health wherever workers are around the globe.

International travel continues to grow substantially every year due to the increasing global marketplace, holiday vacations, study abroad programs, humanitarian aid/disaster/mission work, military deployments, and availability of flights to developing areas of the world that once were rarely

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visited. The risk of becoming ill during international travel depends on the region of the world visited, age and health status of the traveler, and planned activities while traveling.

OHNs play an important role in developing and implementing an international travel program for workers. As threats of Zika virus loom as well as exposures to other agents, such as Ebola and malaria, or potential terrorism, travelers must have current information to protect themselves and others from exposure and/or disease. Information about immunizations is influenced by “the specific travel itinerary, entry or exit requirements for yellow fever or cholera vaccination in countries being visited, the type of accommodations the traveler anticipates, the duration of travel, and immunization status of travelers” (Rogers, Randolph, & Mastroianni, 2009, p. 231).

OHNs should be aware of employees who travel internationally and to what locations. The employees’ health status should be reviewed including pregnancy (especially important for travel to countries where Zika virus is present), other health conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and immunocompromised status. A pre-travel health assessment should be completed. This assessment can cover routine vaccinations needed, such as diphtheria/tetanus and measles/mumps/rubella. Other vaccines may be recommended: pertussis, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, varicella, Japanese encephalitis, meningococcal meningitis, yellow fever, and typhoid. Some diseases may not have vaccines available, such as dengue, and require specific preventive measures or medications. Additional information about the travel itinerary should be considered: destination city, town, or village; style of travel; length of stay; season of the year; potential exposures; and current outbreaks. The country’s official source of international travel information must always be consulted to ensure that information/recommendations are current as travel notices/advisories frequently change.

OHNs can educate travelers about travel insurance, traveler’s diarrhea and its prevention, personal safety measures including safe sex, importance of hand washing, emergency contacts, prescriptions for medications currently taking, jet lag, deep vein thrombosis, etc. A traveler’s kit is recommended and should be tailored to the travelers’ needs,

type of length of travel, and destinations. The kit can help travelers manage preexisting medical conditions and treat any exacerbations; prevent illness and injury related to traveling; and treat minor health problems as they occur (Lee, 2015). Basic items to include in the traveler’s kit are medications taken on a regular basis; antibiotic for self-treatment of moderate to severe diarrhea; medication to prevent malaria (if needed); medication to prevent altitude sickness (if needed); epinephrine auto-injectors if there is a history of severe allergic reactions; prescription glasses/contacts for those who wear corrective lenses; needles or syringes (if needed, e.g., diabetes); medical alert bracelet; over-the counter medications—analgesics, antidiarrheals, mild laxatives, antacids, antihistamines, decongestants, cough drops; medications for motion sickness; saline eye drops; first aid supplies; sunscreens; antibacterial hand wipes; insect repellents for skin and clothing; bed net (if needed); water purification tablets (if needed); etc. (Lee, 2015; Rogers et al., 2009).

After employees return home from traveling abroad, OHNs should collect a post-travel history to obtain an exact itinerary and any pertinent details from the trip. This is important as some diseases present after returning home.

Travel resources for OHNs and other health care professionals include:

• World Health Organization, International Travel and Healthhttp://www.who.int/ith/en/

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Travelers’ Healthhttp://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel

• Public Health Agency of Canada, Travel Healthhttp://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/index-eng.php

• Travelhealth.co.ukhttp://www.travelhealth.co.uk/

• International Travel Health Guide 2016 Online Editionhttp://www.travmed.com/pages/health-guide

• International Society of Travel Medicinehttp://www.istm.org/

• CDC Health Information for International Travel 2016 http:/ /wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/yellowbook-home-2014

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Occupational skin cancer: the neglected disease

Occupational dermatoses are one of the most common work-related health problems around the globe and are considered as one important emerging risk related to the exposure to chemical, physical and biological risk factors. Despite the high numbers of under-reporting, a range of targeted prevention strategies implemented over the past decade in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and Australia, just to name a few, have proven successful to get to grips with this occupational health challenge. Increased workers´ education and a change of prevention culture are steadily being pursued to further improve workers´ health at work.

There is nevertheless still one neglected but increasingly prevalent work-related skin disease which deserves all our attention, namely skin cancer. Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) has become the most common form of cancer and an estimated 2 to 3 million people worldwide are being diagnosed each year with it. With an average annual increase of 3-8% in fair-skinned populations in Australia, Europe, the US and Canada over the last 30 years, NMSC is, if detected early, one of the few curable types of cancer. Yet incidences, according to all expert prognoses, are set to increase, which is amongst others attributable to the link between outdoor work and regular exposure to ultra-violet radiation (UVR).

While exposure to UVR is classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) as a human carcinogen group 1, associated with the highest level of causality for skin cancers, no exposure limits for outdoor workers exist.

Recent European data show that five years of outdoor work even triple the risk of developing NMSC as compared to the general population. Skin cancer is, in addition to the human suffering, economically very burdensome: in Europe, treatment of occupational skin cancer alone costs more than € 500 million a year. In the US, NMSC is among the most costly cancers with $ 8.1 billion only for treatment, and in Australia, NMSC induces higher costs than any other malignancy with some $ 512 million annually.

The prevention and management of UVR-related skin cancers in the high risk population of outdoor workers represent a collective challenge for policy-makers. Prevention of NMSC could be improved through raising awareness on health risks, behavioral changes through continuous education and by implementing easy and affordable measures to decrease sunlight exposure. Obviously, measures need to be adapted to the target group involving workers, occupational health services and employers. Studies show that adoption of sun protection measures by outdoor workers is affected by an interplay of workplace and personal factors. Outdoor workers often have lower health literacy and are unaware of the serious risk of working unprotected under the sun. Employers rarely undertake health surveillance, seldom introduce organizational changes at the worksite (e.g. by avoiding UV peak exposures, particularly around noon) and provide poor or no instructions on adequate sun protection. What seems to make a difference to sun-safe behavior is perception of workplace support, including proper safety and health regulations. The role of leadership seems particularly crucial in this context.

All this evidence has not yet been translated into a common approach towards a regulated standard for UVR prevention on work-sites and management protocols for work-related skin cancer. In Europe for instance, no European agreement regarding compensation for patients with work-related skin cancer exists. The European Schedule of Occupational Diseases, a list of occupational diseases that the European

Occupational skin cancer: the neglected disease

Swen M JohnChair, SC OED

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Commission recommends EU member states introduce into their national legislation, does not include UVR induced skin cancer. So far, only eight countries in Europe do recognize UVR induced skin cancer as an occupational disease. Notification (and thus compensation) is yet extremely rare. In Germany, with explicit benefits for patients since the introduction of this new occupational disease in January 2015, already 9,000 cases have been notified, thus revealing the true dimension of the problem.

Again at European level, the EU-funded Horizon 2020 COST Action “Development and Implementation of European Standards on Prevention of Occupational Skin Diseases (StanDerm)” together with experts from the European Academy of Dermatology and Veneorology (EADV), have been addressing this issue by carrying out surveys, taking a stand on the adequate protection of outdoor workers at national and EU level, and trying to obtain figures of the incidence and prevalence of work-related skin cancer across Europe. The EADV, on the other hand, together with the ICOH Scientific Committee on Occupational and Environmental Dermatoses (SC OED), initiated a campaign “Skin cancer: Safe Work Under the Sun” and organized with the strong support of the European Parliamentary Interest Group MEPs Against Cancer (MAC) in April 2016 a policy debate at the European Parliament in Brussels. A Global Call to Action urging policy makers, employers´ and workers’ organisations, and physicians to protect Europe’s outdoor

workers from skin cancer caused by UVR, was launched at this event and supported by MEPs and representatives from WHO and trade unions. A supplement on “Non-melanoma Skin Cancer by Solar UV. The Neglected Occupational Threat” of the Journal of the EADV (JEADV), recently published, again with the support of the SC OED, provides scientific evidence by presenting new research and an overview on the current European status quo regarding epidemiology, risk assessment and UVR exposure measurement, legal management and health care services provided to affected workers. In a consensus report found in the same publication, the experts call European member states to recognize NMSC as an occupational disease and the EU Commission to revise the 2006 Directive on Artificial Optical Radiation (2006/25/EC) to include solar UV radiation within its scope. Currently under review, this directive lays down limit values for exposures of workers to artificial optical radiation to eyes and skin but completely excludes the continuous exposure of workers to solar UVR.

Concerted action is needed to raise awareness, to improve preventive activities and to achieve recognition of this vastly disregarded risk for outdoor workers around the globe. Together with other international organizations such as WHO and ILO, ICOH can undoubtedly make a meaningful contribution by addressing these so far unmet pressing political, medical and safety needs in this field of occupational health.

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Message du président

Construire ou détruire des ponts

J’écris ce message au lendemain de mon retour de ma mission et mon allocution d’ouverture à la Conférence de la CISTde Londres – et une journée après le vote du BREXIT Britannique. Oh là là !Je suis entièrement d’accord avec les propos de M. Lee Hsien, Premier Ministre de Singapour, un pays qui partage des liens historiques et étroits avec la Grande Bretagne : « Nous vivons tous dans un monde globalisé et interdépendant. Il est tout à fait compréhensible d’éprouver le désir de se désengager, de subir moins de contraintes de ses partenaires, d’être libre de faire les choses comme on l’entend. Seulement, la réalité est que pour beaucoup de pays, se désengager et se replier sur soi conduira à plus d’insécurité, moins de prospérité et des perspectives d’avenir plus sombres»..En tant que commission professionnelle internationale,la CIST s’efforce de travailler et d’établir des connexions avec chaquepays, région, institution, association et chaque professionnel qui partage les mêmes valeurs, objectifs, aspirations et pensées éthiques. C’est notre rôle et dans notre intérêt de construire des ponts, de rassembler plutôt que de diviser. Traditionnellement, la santé et la sécurité au travail est un domaine dans lequel des personnes peuvent s’asseoir autour d’une table, discuter et débattre de manière civilisée, se mettre d’accord et parvenir à des solutions concertées. Nous allons devoir examiner comment contribuer du mieux possible à la fois aux efforts déployés par l’UE et la Grande Bretagne en matière de santé au travailà l’avenir.

En m’appuyant sur mon expérience en à la fois à l’OIT et à l’UE, je peux dire que s’il y a un pays qui a réellement eu un impact majeur en sécurité et santé au travail, en Europe et dans le monde, c’est bien le Royaume Uni. Plus que tout autre Etat membre de l’UE, le Royaume Uni a laissé ses empreintes partout en matière de santé et sécurité au travail. Il a rédigé des conventions, des directives, mis sur pied de nouvelles institutions –comme l’UE-OSHA pour laquelle je travaillais-, des modèles, des recherches et des preuves, de nouvelles politiques et pratiques, travailléavec les pays en développement- Un pays ne devrait-il pas voir en tout cela un motif de fierté plutôt que de se retirer de telles activités et se replier sur lui-même?

Excellente Conférence de la présidence du Conseil de l’UE aux Pays-Bas

Le Secrétaire général de la CIST, le Dr. Sergio Iavicoli et moi-même avons eu une opportunité de suivre et de contribuer à la « Conférence – Prévenir le cancer lié au travail » en fin du mois de mai. J’ai été particulièrement enchanté de voir l’ampleur de la dévotion et de l’engagement du Gouvernement et des institutions néerlandaises. L’Institut national de santé publique et de protection de l’environnement des Pays-Bas ( RIVM)a présenté de nouvelles estimations des incidences, de la mortalité et des coûts des cancers liés au travail, soit : 122 600 nouveaux cancers liés au travail par an, 79 700 décès, une perte annuelle de 1, 2 millions d’Euros et des pertes économiques estimées à 334 milliards d’Euros; pour plus de détails téléchargez à partir de : http://goo.gl/ZlnxpsCes résultats soutiennent et confirment

également les chiffres présentés dans mon rapport sur les problèmes au niveau de l’UE, si l’on considère que le rapport néerlandais se limite uniquement aux produits chimiques et substances dangereuses.Les autres agents cancérigènes, notamment le travail par postes de rotation, les radiations solaires, les radiations ionisantes n’ont pas été pris en compte dans l’étude faite par les Néerlandais. Si vous ajoutez un autre 15% pour ces derniers, les décès s’élèvent à 95 000 en 2012, tandis que mes estimations, faites à base des données de l’OIT, étaient de 102 500, voir : http://goo.gl/o9hlAJAujourd’hui, nous savons que les chiffres n’ont cessé de croître et continueront de le faire carde plus en plus de travailleurs fortement exposés par le passé atteignent les âges critiques pour le cancer. J’ai plaidé en faveur des taux d’exposition à la silice cristalline alvéolaire (RCS) plus stricts et à des limites d’exposition aux poussièresrespirables de silice cristalline alvéolaire de 0,05 mg/m3 de moins que la proposition faite par la Commission Européenne (0,1mg/m3). Cette dernière déclare que la nouvelle limite proposée éliminera 2 000 cancers mortels par an mais ne dit pas que les chiffres actuels sont de 6 900 décès par an dans l’UE28. Les USA viennent de publier une nouvelle règle sur les niveaux de silice à 0,05 mg/m3 et certains pays comme la Finlande ont réussi à appliquer cette limite minimale depuis un certain temps. La CIST (USA) déclare que la réduction de 0,1 à 0,05 mg3 éliminera deux tiers des cas mortels aux USA. Il va sans dire que plusieurs autres mesures sont nécessaires pour réduire l’exposition réelle aux poussièressur le lieu de service.Toutes les excellentes allocutions et autres

Résumé en français

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exposés, y compris les allocutions de Kevin Myers de l’AIIT(R.U)et moi sont disponibles ici, dans le « Menu-Réactions » de :http://www.magazine-on-the-spot.nl/pwrc/

Un intérêt marqué pour la CIST en Amérique Latine

Près de 1 000 professionnels de la santé du travail se sont réunis lors du Congrès ANAMT à Iguassu au Brésil dont le thème était « Connaissance et compétence, Nécessités pour gérer la santé des travailleurs ». Parmi les points saillants figuraientle discours du Président de l’ANAMT, le Dr. Zuher Handar,les contributions d’un grand nombre de membres de la CIST et celles d’autres experts. Le Dr Handar a relevé le besoin d’un réseau d’experts dans différentes disciplines liées à la médecine du travail, afin d’assurer que le travail s’effectue dans ladécence, la dignité, la bonne santé et dans un environnement sans risques. Les collègues de la plupart des autres pays d’Amérique latine – et les membres de la CISTdont le Dr Jorge Morales du Mexique – ont répondu présent et tenu des rencontres en collège.Sur la photo M. Peter Poschen, Directeur du Bureau de l’OIT du Brésil – un bon collègue à moi par le passé- me présente au public.Un congrès similaire de la Société colombienne de médecine du travail s’est tenu à Carthagène à l’occasion de la célébration du 70e Anniversaire de la « SociedadColombiana » avec au rendez-vous beaucoup de danse, à manger et des divertissements.L’OMS/OPS était bien représentée par le Dr Julietta Rodriguez. Un grand nombre d’experts nationaux et internationaux ont souligné les problèmes

qui se posent à l’échelle du pays et de la région ainsique les solutions.

Au Brésil tout comme en Colombie, nous avons tenu des rencontrescollégiales spécifiques à la CIST et facilitées par les Secrétaires nationaux. Il est très gratifiant de voir toute cette action et cet engagement des collègues dela CIST partout dans le monde.

Le travail préparatoire pour le prochain Congrès de la CIST de Dublin bat son plein. Les membres du bureau de la CIST vont se rencontrer en début septembre pour discuter de ces questions et d’autres, en connexion avec la Conférence EPICOH de Barcelone. Je suis confiant que pour le travail préparatoire, les Comité scientifiques apporteront des contributions de choix.

Jukka Takala

Nouvelles du Secrétaire général

C’est avec un immense plaisir que nous lançons avec ce numéro une nouvelle section, réservée aux allocutions du Secrétaire général, dont l’objectif est de vous informer des attributions et bénéfices du statut de membre, des rencontres et événements, dela collaboration avec d’autres ONGs et de toutes les activités connexes. Nous profitons de cette occasion pour faire un point sur le processus de traduction de la troisième édition du Code déontologique de la CIST qui est désormais disponible en des langues autres que les langues officielles (anglais et français), notamment

en portugais, espagnol, italien, chinois, japonais, turc, estonien. Toutes les traductions sont disponibles sur le site Web de la CISTwww.icohweb.org.Ces travaux sont l’aboutissement d’un processus mené par des Groupes de travail dévoués, désignés par le Président de la CIST. L’une des principales innovations de cette troisième édition est la reconnaissance du besoin d’une approche interdisciplinaire dans la pratique de la santé au travail, incluant notamment la psychologie, l’ergonomie et la sécurité del’environnement avec un accent sur la formation continue et la publication de preuves scientifiques découlant des études menées. Avec cette nouvelle édition, le domaine d’application est étendu du praticien seul aux organisations et institutions publiques qui se verront dans l’obligation d’adopter un programme conforme au Code de déontologie de la CIST.Il est important de rappeler que l’éthiqueest un domaine dont les limites ne sont pas clairement définies, compte tenu de son application multidisciplinaire. Pour cette raison, il est aussi sujet à des mises à jour et révisions périodiques, dans le cadre d’un processus dynamique impliquant l’ensemble de la Communauté de la santé au travail.À une époque où l’accent est mis sur l’éthique dans tous les domaines, tous les praticiens travaillant dans le domaine de la santé au travail sont appelés à agir en se conformant aux règles de conduite guidées par la responsabilité collective. Nous exprimons notre sincère gratitude à tous les Groupes de travail responsables des traductions pour leur importante contribution à la dissémination du Code : René Mendes, Ruddy Facci et Edoardo Santino pour la traduction en portugais ;

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Hua Fu pour la traduction en chinois; KazutakaKogi, Tsutomu Hoshuyama, Norito Kawakami et KatsuraUmehara pour la traduction en japonais; Elia Enriquez, Luis Mazon et Rosa Orriols pour la traduction en espagnol; Giovanni Costa et Maurizio Manno pour la traduction en italien; YucelDemiral, Hale Harik et SeminSemih pour la traduction en turc; Eda Merisalu, KaieKudre et Liina Saar pour la traduction en estonien.Nous saisissons cette opportunité pour vous rappeler que le Secrétariat général de la CIST est toujours à votre disposition pour toutes vos questions et préoccupations. Prière de nous contacter àicoh@inail.it.

Merci de faire partie de la Communauté de la CIST, recevez nos salutations amicales.

Prof. Sergio IavicoliICOH Secretary-General

Message de l’éditeur

[Contenu de cette édition]

Le bulletin d’information de la CIST a démarré une nouvelle section intitulée: « Nouvelles du Secrétaire Général » dans cette édition(V14.2). Cette nouvelle section fera office de messager en partageant des questions importantes pour la CIST aux dirigeants/membres du conseil d’administration et aux membres de la CIST. Nous vous encourageons à garder un œil sur cette section pour rester informé des questions cruciales pour la CIST.

La 2e édition de 2016 est remplie d’informations clés et d’histoires intéressantes, passionnantes. Premièrement, nous avons couvert un préavis de la prochaine conférence de la CIST (OISH 2018) en Irlande.

Nous vous présentons aussi le comité scientifique, Santé et sécurité du travail dans les mines (SSTMin) nouvellement mis sur pied. SSTMin(MinOSH) a démarré depuis l’année passée et souhaite partager son plan d’activité enthousiaste aux membres de la CIST. Le comité accueillera à bras ouverts tout jeune chercheur qui aimerait le rejoindre. Trois sujets uniques et intéressants sont préparés pour ce numéro. L’exposé fait par le Dr. Gert van der Laand’un cours bien organisé d’apprentissage multidisciplinaire en Médecine et santé agricole. Il a résumé le processus de développement de la prochaine génération de leaders de la santé et de la sécurité agricole et rurale au sein des Australiens des zones rurales et isolées.

Avec l’intensification des voyages internationaux, les problèmes de sécurité et de santé relatifs aux voyages internationaux sont devenus un sujet d’actualité brûlant dans le domaine de la santé au travail. Tout récemment, plusieurs menaces virales (notamment Zika, Ebola et le paludisme) nous ont rappelé la nécessité de fournir aux voyageurs et aux travailleurs des informations précises et rapides sur les menaces pour leur santé. Le Dr. Susan A. Randolph a relevé le rôle joué par les soins infirmiers en santé du travail, en liaison avec la santé des travailleurs internationaux.

Le cancer de la peau en tant que maladie professionnelle est toujours au sommet de la liste des maladies professionnelles. Le Dr. SwenMalte John décrit le cancer de la peau en tant que maladie professionnelle comme « une dermatose professionnelle » négligée mais de plus en plus présente. Il est très encourageant de voir que de plus en plus de membres soumettent des articles pour le bulletin de la CIST. Pour ceux des

membres qui aimeraient partager leurs articles à travers les sujets brûlants ou le prochain évènement dans leur comité scientifique, je suis heureuse d’annoncer que le calendrieréditorial du Bulletin d’information de la CIST est le suivant.

[Calendrier éditorial du Bulletin de la CIST]

Pour 2016 est le suivant:

Vol 14 No.3 1st DEC (délai de soumission des articles : 10 OCT)Pour 2017, 2018,

1) Vol1: 1er AVR (délai de soumission d’articles : 10 fév.)2) Vol2: 1er AOU (délai de soumission d’articles: 10 juin)3) Vol3: 1er DEC (délai de soumission d’articles: 10 oct.)

Changement d’adresses

Le Bulletin de la CIST est publié dans deux versions: une version papier et une version électronique .Tous les membres actifs de la CIST qui se sont acquittés des frais d’adhésion pour le triennium 2016-2018 le recevront par email et par courrier postal. Pour recevoir les deux, l’adresse email et l’adresse postale enregistrées auprès du Secrétariat de la CIST doivent être correctes. Nous vous prions donc de tenir le bureau éditorial (icohnews@kosha.or.kr) ou le Secrétariat de la CIST (icoh@inail.it) informé de tout changement d’adresse.

Eun-A KimEditrice en chef,

Bulleting de la CIST

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Accident Prevention

Chair : Su WangE-mail : su.wang@doctors.org.ukSecretary : Phillip PearsonE-mail : phillip.pearson@iirsm.org

Aging and Work

Chair : Clas-Hakan NygardE-mail : clas-hakan.nygard@uta.fiSecretary : Jodi OakmanE-mail : j.oakman@latrobe.edu.au

Allergy and Immunotoxicology

Chair : Takemi OtsukiE-mail : takemi@med.kawasaki-m.ac.jpSecretary : Claudia PetrarcaE-mail : c.petrarca@unich.it

Cardiology in Occupational Health

Chair : Alicja BortkiewiczE-mail : alab@imp.lodz.plSecretary : Elzbieta GadzickaE-mail : elag@imp.lodz.pl

Education and Training in Occupational Health

Chair : Frank van DijkE-mail : v.dijk.workandhealth@gmail.comSecretary : Marija BubasE-mail : marija.bubas@gmail.com

Emergency Preparedness and Response in OH

Chair : Alexis DescathaE-mail : Alexis.Descatha@inserm.frSecretary : Michel BaerE-mail : michel.baer@aphp.fr

Epidemiology in OH

Chair : Roel VermeulenE-mail : R.C.H.Vermeulen@uu.nlSecretary : Neela GuhaE-mail : guhan@iarc.fr

HS Research and Evaluation in Occupational Health

Chair : Stefano MattioliE-mail : s.mattioli@unibo.itSecretary : Jani RuotsalainenE-mail : Jani.Ruotsalainen@ttl.fi

History of Prevention of Occ\Env Diseases

Chair : Leslie NickelsE-mail : lcn9@cdc.govSecretary : Alfredo Menéndez-NavarroE-mail : amenende@ugr.es

Indoor Air Quality and Health

Chair : Paolo CarrerE-mail : paolo.carrer@unimi.itSecretary : Peder WolkoffE-mail : pwo@nrcwe.dk

Industrial Hygiene

Chair : Lena AnderssonE-mail : lena.andersson4@regionorebrolan.seSecretary : Hyunwook KimE-mail : hwkim@catholic.ac.kr

Mining Occupational Safety and Health

Chair : Eric JörsE-mail : Erik.Joers@rsyd.dkSecretary : Florencia HarariE-mail : florencia.harari@ki.se

Musculoskeletal Disorders

Chair : professor Ben AmickE-mail : bamick@iwh.on.caSecretary : Dr. Dwayne Van Eerd E-mail : dvaaneerd@iwh.on.ca

Nanomaterials Worker's Health

Chair : Paul A SchulteE-mail : pas4@cdc.govSecretary : Ivo IavicoliE-mail : ivo.iavicoli@unina.it

Neurotoxicology and Psychophysiology

Chair : Kent AngerE-mail : anger@ohsu.edu

Occupational and Environmental Dermatoses

Chair : Swen Malte JohnE-mail : sjohn@uos.deSecretary : Sanja Kezic, Coronel InstituteE-mail : s.kezic@amc.uva.nl

Occupational Health and Development

Chair : Diana GagliardiE-mail : d.gagliardi@inail.itSecretary : Dileep AndhareE-mail : dileepandhare@gmail.com

Occupational Health for Health Care Workers

Chair : Ruddy FacciE-mail : ruddy@insatnet.com.brSecretary : Gwen BrachmanE-mail : gobmd@yahoo.com

Occupational Health in Small-Scale Enterprises and the Informal Sector

Chair : Paula NaumanenE-mail : naumanenpaula@gmail.comSecretary : Mahinda SeneviratneE-mail : mahinda.seneviratne@workcover.nsw.gov.au

Occupational Health in the Chemical Industry (MEDICHEM)

Chair : Murray CoombsE-mail : MWCoombs@dow.comSecretary : Maren Beth-HübnerE-mail : maren.beth-huebner@bgrci.de

ICOH Scientific Committees Chairs and Secretaries 2015-2018

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Occupational Medicine

Chair : Tim DriscollE-mail : tim.driscoll@sydney.edu.auSecretary : James R RossE-mail : jross@aspenmedical.com.au

Occupational Toxicology

Chair : Kate JonesE-mail : kate.jones@hsl.gsi.gov.ukSecretary : Silvia FustinoniE-mail : silvia.fustinoni@unimi.it

Occupational Health in Nursing

Chair : Susan RandolphE-mail : Susan.Randolph@unc.eduSecretary : Kim DaviesE-mail : davies.kim1@gmail.com

Occupational Health in the Construction Industry

Chair : Knut RingenE-mail : knutringen@msn.comSecretary : Krishna N SenE-mail : knsen@lntecc.com

Radiation and Work

Chair : Fabriziomaria GobbaE-mail : f.gobba@unimore.itSecretary : Leena KorpinenE-mail : leena.korpinen@tut.fi

Reproductive Hazards in the Workplace

Chair : Pau-Chung ChenE-mail : pchen@ntu.edu.twSecretary : Hsiao-Yu YangE-mail : hyang@ntu.edu.tw

Respiratory Disorders

Chair : Rafael E. de la HozE-mail : rafael.delahoz@mssm.eduSecretary : Thomas KrausE-mail : tkraus@ukaachen.de

Rural Health: Agriculture, Pesticides and Organic Dusts

Chair : Gert Van Der LaanE-mail : g.vanderlaan@occmed.euSecretary : Claudio ColosioE-mail : Claudio.colosio@unimi.it

Shiftwork and Working Time

Chair : Frida Marina FischerE-mail : fischer.frida@gmail.comSecretary : Stephen PopkinE-mail : stephen.popkin@dot.gov

Thermal Factors

Chair : Hannu RintamakiE-mail : Hannu.Rintamaki@ttl.fiSecretary : Shin-ichi SawadaE-mail : sawada@h.jniosh.go.jp; sawada0123@gmail.com

Toxicology of Metals

Chair : Roberto LucchiniE-mail : roberto.lucchini@unibs.it ,roberto.lucchini@mssm.eduSecretary : Natalia PawlasE-mail : n-pawlas@wp.pl

Unemployment, Job Insecurity and Health

Chair : Minha Rajput-RayE-mail : mrr008@googlemail.comSecretary : Kaisa KirvesE-mail : kaisa.kirves@ttl.fi

Vibration and Noise

Chair : Renata SistoE-mail : r.sisto@inail.itSecretary : Peter W JohnsonE-mail : petej@u.washington.edu

Women Health and Work

Chair : Julietta Rodríguez-GuzmánE-mail : rodriguezj@paho.orgSecretary : Igor BelloE-mail : ibello.medex@gmail.com

Work and Vision

Chair : Agueda MuñozE-mail : aguedamunoztoia@gmail.comSecretary : Miguel Sergio KabilioE-mail : dr.msk@virginbroadband.com.au

Work Disability Prevention and Integration

Chair : Johannes AnemaE-mail : h.anema@vumc.nlSecretary : William ShawE-mail : WILLIAM.SHAW@LibertyMutual.com

Work Organization and Psychosocial Factors

Chair : Stavroula LekaE-mail : stavroula.leka@nottingham.ac.ukSecretary : Akihito ShimazuE-mail : ashimazu@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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National Secretaries Triennium 2015-2018

Argentina

Claudia Maria De Hoyos

dradehoyos@gmail.com

Australia

Dino Pisaniello

dino.pisaniello@adelaide.edu.au

Austria

Jasminka Godnic-Cvar

jasminka.godnic-cvar@meduniwien.ac.at

Belgium

Simon Bulterys

simon.bulterys@idewe.be

Brazil

Rosylane Rocha

rosylanerocha@yahoo.com.br

Bulgaria

Karolina Lyubomirova

carol_lub@dir.bg

Canada

Anil Adisesh

Anil.Adisesh@dal.ca

Chile

Marta Cabrera

marta.cabrera@fomentasalud.cl

Colombia

Gloria Villalobos

villalobosfajard@hotmail.com

Croatia

Milan Milosevic

milan.milosevic@snz.hr

Denmark

Inger Schaumburg

isc@nrcwe.dk

Egypt

Mohamed Omaira

moh.safety55@hotmail.com

Estonia

Eda Merisalu

eda.merisalu@emu.ee

Finland

Jarmo Heikkinen

jarmo.k.heikkinen@uef.fi

Germany

Volker Harth

volker.harth@bgv.hamburg.de

Ghana

Fred Yaw Bio

yaw_bio@yahoo.co.uk

Hungary

Barnabas Biro

birobarnabas@medicinabm.hu

India

R. Rajesh

r.rajesh@ril.com

Indonesia

Mutchtaruddin Mansyur

muchtaruddin.mansyur@ui.ac.id

Ireland

Thomas Donnelly

Drtom.donnelly@cmo.gov.ie

Italy

Alfonso Cristaudo

alfonso.cristaudo@med.unipi.it

Japan

Toru Yoshikawa

yoshikawat@jnioshwork.com

Kenya

Kibor Kipkemoy Keitany

BORANYM@GMAIL.COM

Mali

Moussa El Hadji Dicko

docdicko@yahoo.fr

Mexico

Arturo Juarez Garcia

arturojuarezg@hotmail.com

Montenegro

Rasim Agic

zeleagic@t-com.me

New Zealand

David McLean

d.j.mclean@massey.ac.nz

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Nigeria

Okon Akiba

okon.akiba@oklng.com

Norway

Jose Hernan Alfonso

jose.alfonso@stami.no

Panama

Orlando Pitti

orlopitti@hotmail.com

Paraguay

Laura Flores

floreslaurapy@yahoo.com

Peru

Renato Vargas Zegarra

renatovargas@yahoo.com

Philippines

Gilbert Gille

gilpethgille@gmail.com

Portugal

Teresa Mariana Faria Pinto

teresamfpinto@gmail.com

P.R. of China

Dai Junming

jmdai@shmu.edu.cn

Rep. Of Korea

Jae Hoon ROH

jhroh@yuhs.ac

Romania

Iliana-Carmen Busneag

carmenbusneag@yahoo.com

Russian Federation

Angelika Bashkireva

angel_darina@mail.ru

Senegal

Cheik Cisse

cisseosh@orange.sn

Serbia

Jelena Djokovic Davidovic

djokovic.j@gmail.com

Singapore

Olivier Lo

olivier.lo@internationalsos.com

South Africa

Adriaan Combrinck

adriaan.combrinck@eoh.co.za

Spain

Luis Mazon

luis.mazon@salud.madrid.org

Sweden

Martin Andersson

martin.andersson@envmed.umu.se

Taiwan

Yue Leon Guo

leonguo@ntu.edu.tw

Thailand

Adul Bandhukul

occenv@gmail.com

The Netherlands

Judith K. Sluiter

j.sluiter@amc.nl

United Kingdom

David Fishwick

d.fishwick@sheffield.ac.uk

Uruguay

Paula Viapiana

PViapiana@adium.com.uy

USA

William Bunn

wbbunn@gmail.com

Venezuela

Maritza Rojas

rojasmartini@gmail.com

Vietnam

Nguyen Thu Ha

thuhayhld@gmail.com

Zimbabwe

Blessing Garamumhango

bgara2100@yahoo.com

PresidentDr. Jukka Takala Workplace Safety and Health Institute1500 Bendemeer Road #04-01 Ministry of Manpower Services Centre Singapore 339946Tel : +65 6692 5029Fax : +65 6692 5009Email : jukka_takala@wshi.gov.sg

Secretary General Prof. Sergio Iavicoli ICOH - Secretariat General C/o INAIL, Research AreaDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene Via Fontana Candida, 1 00040 Monteporzio Catone(Rome) Italy Tel : +39 06 94181506 +39 06 94181405Fax : +39 06 94181556Email : s.iavicoli@inail.it

Vice-PresidentDr. Marilyn FingerhutOH Consultant to NIOSH 2121 Jamieson Avenue #2109 Alexandria VA 22314-5734 USATel: +1 703 5670987Fax: +1 703 5670987Email: mfingerhut@cdc.gov

Vice-President Prof. Seong-Kyu KangGachon University Gil Medical Center21 Namdongdaero 774beon-gil, Namdong-gu Incheon, 21565, Rep. of KoreaTel: +82-32-460-3790Fax: +82-32-460-3999Email: sk.kang@gachon.ac.krConsultant to KOSHA

Past President Dr. Kazutaka KogiInstitute for Science of Labour 2-8-14, Sugao, Miyamae-ku Kawasaki 216-8501 JapanTel : +81 44 977 2121Fax : +81 44 977 7504Email : k.kogi@isl.or.jp

Prof. Andrew CurranHealth and Safety ExecutiveBuxtonDerbyshire SK17 9JNUnited Kingdom Tel : +44 01298 218400Email : andrew.curran@hsl.gsi.gov.uk

Dr. Dag EllingsenNational Institute of Occupational HealthPb 8149 DepOslo N-0033

NorwayTel : +47 23195377Email : dag.ellingsen@stami.no

Dr. Elia EnriquezNational Federation on Occupational Health in MexicoAzucenas, 6Col. MexicoTel : +52 55 5572 8903Email : eliaev@prodigy.net.mx

Prof. Monique Frings-DresenAMC Coronel Institute of Occupational HealthMeibergdreef 91105 AZ AmsterdamThe NetherlandsTel : +31 20 566 5385Fax : +31 20 697 7161Email : am.frings@amc.uva.nl

Dr. Mats HagbergGöteborg UniversityPubblic Health and Community MedicineBox 414, E- 405 30 GöteborgSwedenTel : +46 31 786 6305Fax : +46 4097 28Email : mats.hagberg@amm.gu.se

Dr. Martin HoganFaculty of Occupational MedicineRoyal College of Physicians of IrelandBlock B, Heritage Business Pk, Mahon Industrial Est Ck2 CorkIrelandTel : +353 21 4536000Fax : +353 21 4536016Email : martin@ehacorporate.ie

Prof. Seichi HorieUniversity Of Occupational and Environmental Health 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555 Japan Tel : +81 93 691 7407 Fax : +81 93 601 6392 Email : horie@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp

Dr. Dingani MoyoBaines Occupational and Travel Medicine Centre27 Baines Avenue, Suite 2, Dutton Court P.O. Box 1008 HarareZimbabweTel : +263 4 250465Fax : +263 4 250465Email : moyod@iwayafrica.co.zw

Ms. Claudina Nogueirac/o Southern African Institute for Occupational Hygiene (SAIOH)PO Box 50772Randjesfontein1683Gauteng South AfricaTel: +27 11 614 3389E-mail : claudinanogueira@hotmail.com

Dr. Robert OrfordMayo Clinic13400 East Shea Blvd.Scottsdale, AZ 85259USATel : 480 301 7379Fax : 480 301 7569Email : rorford@mayo.edu

Dr. Rosa Maria Orriols RamosHospital Universitari BellvitgeFeixa Llarga s/n089007 L'Hospitalet, BarcelonaSpainTel : 0034 932607447Email : orriols@bellvitgehospital.cat

Prof. Christophe ParisLorraine UniversityEA 7298 Ingres9 Rue de la Foret de Haye54511 Vandoeuvre Les NancyFranceTel : +33383157171Fax : +33383157170

Email : christophe.paris@nancy.inserm.fr

Prof. Kari ReijulaFinnish Institute of Occupational HealthTopeliuksenkatu 41 a AFI-00250 HelsinkiFinlandTel : +358 40 5502050Email : kari.reijula@ttl.fi

Dr. Edoardo SantinoRua Visconde de Cairu, 54-casa 6Sorocaba, SP 18040-335BrasilTel : +55 15 32218671Fax : +55 15 32222097Email : esantino@labor.med.br

Prof. Malcolm SimMonash University Alfred Centre 99 Commercial RoadMelbourne Victoria 3004Australia Tel : +61 3990 30 582Fax : +61 3990 30 556Email : malcolm.sim@monash.edu

Prof. Jukka VuoriFinnish Institute of Occupational Health

Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A

P.O. Box 40 FI-00250 HelsinkiFinlandTel : +358 30 474 2206Fax : +358 30 474 2779Email : jukka.vuori@ttl.fi

Dr. Shrinivas Murlidhar Shanbhag1803, Garnet Nirmal Lifestyle, LBS Marg Mulund (West) Mumbai – 400080 India Tel: +91 22 61305007/25682859 Fax: +91 22 61305060 Email: shrinivas.shanbhag@ril.com

Ms. Maria Luisa Tupia Gonzales P& G Industrial Perú-SRL Jr. Pedro Genaro Delgado Mz. K1 lote 12 Urb. El Rosario-San Martin de Porres Lima-31, Peru Tel: 5670938 Fax: 2153127 Email: marutupia@gmail.com

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