Yes. Since the workplace directly influences the health and well-being of workers and consequently their families, communities, and society, it offers an ideal setting and infrastructure to support preventive and health promotion measures for large populations, including smoking cessation, increased physical activity, and healthy diet. Combining the efforts of employers, employees, and society through occupational health programmes or promoting healthy lifestyles, and increasing workers’ participation in shaping the working environment, may improve the health and well-being of people at work.
- How relevant are chemical cancer-causing substances in the workplace and in the general environment?
- Which are the most important chemical substances in the environment that may cause cancer, and which cancers do they cause?
- Is there adequate control of cancer-causing chemical substances in the environment? Am I adequately protected?
- Is there any “safe dose” of exposure to cancer-causing chemical substances?
- What actions can I take to protect myself and my family?
- I have heard about other chemical substances, such as those present in some plastics that may cause cancer. Should I be concerned?
- Should I be concerned if I live in or close to an industrial area?
- In which occupations is there an increased cancer risk, and which are the most important types of cancers?
- Do chemical substances in the workplace interact with one another or with lifestyle factors?
- How do I know whether my cancer is caused by chemical substances in the workplace?
- Is there adequate control of workplace cancer-causing substances, and what actions can I take to protect myself and my family?
- Is it possible to implement cancer prevention and health promotion measures in the workplace?
- Does stress at work cause cancer?