Ionizing Rays, Night Work, chemicals... Prove the Predominant Impact of Work on Breast Cancer, a Challenge for Women
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A cancer is called "professional" if it is the direct consequence of occupational exposure to a physical, chemical or biological risk, or results from the conditions of exercise of the activity. For breast cancer - at the heart of the October pink prevention campaign -, ionizing rays are classified as "proven cancerogens" by the WHO cancer control agency (CIRC) and night work, "probably" carcinogenic. Other factors, such as chemical substances, …
Despite the proven links between certain working conditions and breast cancer, the recognition of the occupational origin of the disease remains a career path of the combatant for women.
More deadly of cancers in women, breast cancer is missing from the list of occupational pathologies. To recognize that it is linked to work is therefore very complicated. Only a few women so far have managed to get recognition of the professional origin of their breast cancer.
Every year in France, almost 13,000 women die of breast cancer and some suspect that their profession is responsible for it. Prove this link... Read article Breast cancer at work, this judicial battle that almost no one wins appeared first on Le Singulier.
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