EU‑OSHA reports that 29.5 % of health and social care workers were exposed to at least one cancer risk factor during their last working week, according to a study published in the European Journal of Public Health. The survey also found that 7.8 % of workers faced two or more risk factors. The report highlights the most common sector‑specific exposures, with formaldehyde identified as the most frequent agent at a high exposure level (2.3 %) and ethylene oxide at 2.0 %. These findings are part of EU‑OSHA’s ongoing monitoring of occupational cancer risks and are available in the organisation’s latest Workers’ Exposure Survey publication.
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