The EU improves worker protection against carcinogens

The Council gave final approval to an amendment to EU guidelines on limiting workers' exposure to carcinogens, mutagens, and reprotoxic chemicals on Thursday (3 March), tackling the leading cause of work-related fatalities in Europe.

The updated Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive (CMD) revises the limit values for three commonly used carcinogens in the EU and expands the requirements to include reprotoxic chemicals and hazardous ....