Women in auto plastics more likely to get breast cancer: Study • Long work hours, stress take toll on resident physicians • New appointment to CCOHS: Minister; Mental stress, workplace violence top issue for Ontario teachers
Women in auto plastics more likely to get breast cancer: Study
Women employed in sectors such as automotive plastics and food canning — where there are potentially high exposures to carcinogens and endocrine disruptors — have an elevated risk for developing breast cancer, according to a study published in the academic journal Environmental Health.
Between 2002 and 2008, the study’s authors recruited 1,005 women who had been diagnosed with breast cancer, collecting data on their occupational and reproductive histories, and compared them with 1,147 control subjects.
The study found specific sectors with elevated risk included agriculture, bars and gambling, automotive plastics manufacturing, food canning and metalworking. The highest risk sector for premenopausal breast cancer was in the automotive plastics sector, found the study Breast Cancer Risk in Relation to Occupations With Exposure to Carcinogens and Endocrine Disruptors: A Canadian Case-Control Study.
Long work hours, stress take toll on resident physicians
OTTAWA — More than three-quarters (76.2 per cent) of resident physicians responding to a survey said they had made errors at work due to the consecutive number of hours they are required to work, and two in 10 (18.5 per cent) said they made errors that negatively impacted patient care.
The Canadian respondents worked an average of 63.7 hours in a week during their last rotation and felt they were able to provide 19.2 consecutive hours of safe patient care. The optimal number of consecutive work hours cited by respondents was slightly lower, at 16.6, found the survey by the Canadian Association of Internes and Residents (CAIR) in Ottawa.
When residents were asked if they had ever experienced an incident and felt work-related fatigue was a factor, falling asleep while driving accounted for 34 per cent of responses. A further 24.9 per cent mentioned they narrowly avoided a motor vehicle collision while 3.9 per cent of responses pointed toward being in a motor vehicle collision, found the survey of 2,305 CAIR members.
New appointment to CCOHS: Minister
HAMILTON — Employers will have new representation at the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), said Labour Minister Lisa Raitt.
Helder Botelho began a four-year term on Nov. 28 with the CCOHS. Most recently, Botelho was the plant manager at AOC Resins and Coatings in Guelph, Ont. He is a former chair of the Board of the Industrial Accident and Prevention Association and a current member of the Canadian Education and Training Commission.
“Mr. Botelho’s wealth of experience and expertise in the field of occupational health and safety will surely benefit the Centre,” said Raitt.
The CCOHS promotes the well-being of working Canadians by providing information, training, education, management systems and solutions that support workplace health and safety. Governed by a tripartite council — representing government, employers and labour — the CCOHS sets out to provide unbiased information supporting responsible decision making on health and safety issues in the workplace.
Mental stress, workplace violence top issue for Ontario teachers
TORONTO — Mental stress, workplace violence and workplace harassment are the biggest health and safety issues affecting Ontario’s 76,000 elementary teachers and educational professionals, according to a survey conducted for the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO).
More than three-quarters (77 per cent) of 72 presidents of ETFO locals identified mental stress in the workplace as a great or major concern affecting members, followed by workplace violence (64 per cent) and workplace harassment (51 per cent). These percentages are even higher in remote and rural areas.
The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario represents elementary public school teachers and education professionals across the province.
Women employed in sectors such as automotive plastics and food canning — where there are potentially high exposures to carcinogens and endocrine disruptors — have an elevated risk for developing breast cancer, according to a study published in the academic journal Environmental Health.
Between 2002 and 2008, the study’s authors recruited 1,005 women who had been diagnosed with breast cancer, collecting data on their occupational and reproductive histories, and compared them with 1,147 control subjects.
The study found specific sectors with elevated risk included agriculture, bars and gambling, automotive plastics manufacturing, food canning and metalworking. The highest risk sector for premenopausal breast cancer was in the automotive plastics sector, found the study Breast Cancer Risk in Relation to Occupations With Exposure to Carcinogens and Endocrine Disruptors: A Canadian Case-Control Study.
Long work hours, stress take toll on resident physicians
OTTAWA — More than three-quarters (76.2 per cent) of resident physicians responding to a survey said they had made errors at work due to the consecutive number of hours they are required to work, and two in 10 (18.5 per cent) said they made errors that negatively impacted patient care.
The Canadian respondents worked an average of 63.7 hours in a week during their last rotation and felt they were able to provide 19.2 consecutive hours of safe patient care. The optimal number of consecutive work hours cited by respondents was slightly lower, at 16.6, found the survey by the Canadian Association of Internes and Residents (CAIR) in Ottawa.
When residents were asked if they had ever experienced an incident and felt work-related fatigue was a factor, falling asleep while driving accounted for 34 per cent of responses. A further 24.9 per cent mentioned they narrowly avoided a motor vehicle collision while 3.9 per cent of responses pointed toward being in a motor vehicle collision, found the survey of 2,305 CAIR members.
New appointment to CCOHS: Minister
HAMILTON — Employers will have new representation at the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), said Labour Minister Lisa Raitt.
Helder Botelho began a four-year term on Nov. 28 with the CCOHS. Most recently, Botelho was the plant manager at AOC Resins and Coatings in Guelph, Ont. He is a former chair of the Board of the Industrial Accident and Prevention Association and a current member of the Canadian Education and Training Commission.
“Mr. Botelho’s wealth of experience and expertise in the field of occupational health and safety will surely benefit the Centre,” said Raitt.
The CCOHS promotes the well-being of working Canadians by providing information, training, education, management systems and solutions that support workplace health and safety. Governed by a tripartite council — representing government, employers and labour — the CCOHS sets out to provide unbiased information supporting responsible decision making on health and safety issues in the workplace.
Mental stress, workplace violence top issue for Ontario teachers
TORONTO — Mental stress, workplace violence and workplace harassment are the biggest health and safety issues affecting Ontario’s 76,000 elementary teachers and educational professionals, according to a survey conducted for the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO).
More than three-quarters (77 per cent) of 72 presidents of ETFO locals identified mental stress in the workplace as a great or major concern affecting members, followed by workplace violence (64 per cent) and workplace harassment (51 per cent). These percentages are even higher in remote and rural areas.
The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario represents elementary public school teachers and education professionals across the province.
