{"id":17882,"date":"2019-04-24T15:50:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T14:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=17882"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:56:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:56:50","slug":"tyre-rubber-health-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=17882","title":{"rendered":"Rubber health risk threat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New long-term authoritative research published in the British Medical Journal<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 has revealed that workers in the tyre and rubber industry remain at significant risk of developing certain cancers due to being exposed to N-nitrosamines (which is carcinogenic) and rubber dust.<\/p>\n

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However, despite Unite representing thousands of workers in the tyre and rubber industry the union is unable to properly address the new health concerns as there is no effective body to raise such issues.<\/p>\n

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This is a result of the Conservative government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s attacks on safety laws. The Health and Safety Executive previously had a tripartite body the Tyre and Rubber Industries Safety Action Group (TRISAG) which allowed for safety concerns to be raised and dealt with. However TRISAG, has been scrapped as a result of government pressure and no similar body has replaced its work.<\/p>\n

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In order to improve the health of rubber workers Unite supports the introduction of stricter controls on both N-nitrosamines, which are found in most rubber products, rubber dusts and fumes. This could be achieved by the application of local exhaust and ventilation in all rubber industry plants.<\/p>\n

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Unite is also lobbying for the re-establishment of TRISAG, in order to ensure that these matters are properly dealt with and effective measures are taken to reduce the risk to workers.<\/p>\n

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The revelation about the research is particularly timely as it comes just before International Workers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Memorial Day (IWMD) as the theme for this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s event is dangerous substances \u00e2\u20ac\u201c get them out of the workplace.<\/p>\n

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Unite national officer for the rubber industry Tony Devlin said,\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis authoritative study is a stark reminder of the long-term health implications of being exposed to rubber.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThese dangers are being neglected as a direct result of the government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cuts which are denying workers an effective voice in the corridors of power,” he added.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe lack of an effective forum to deal with exposure to cancer causing substances is another example of how the government has washed it hands of workplace health and safety.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bCancer deaths will not be reduced unless effective measures are taken to cut exposure levels to N-nitrosamines and rubber dust.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New long-term authoritative research published in the British Medical Journal\u00c2\u00a0 has revealed that workers in the tyre and rubber industry remain at significant risk of developing certain cancers due to being exposed to N-nitrosamines (which is carcinogenic) and rubber dust.   However, despite Unite representing thousands of workers in the tyre and rubber industry the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[1159,439,516],"wps_subtitle":"Unite slams government scrapping tyre and rubber safety body","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17882"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17882"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25336,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17882\/revisions\/25336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}