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On March 13, 1993, the Wonjin Rayon Occupational Disease Countermeasures Council and about 50 workers completed a public debate at the Labor Hall of the Jongno Catholic Church in Seoul, urging the government to take measures against occupational diseases and marched in peace to Tapgol Park. At Wonjin Rayon, since the late 1980s, workers have been dying from occupational diseases one after another, causing social criticism. As a result, social interest in occupational diseases has risen. [중앙포토]
Women workers in the educational service industry should be wary of bladder cancer. Men working in the air transport industry need to take care to prevent prostate cancer. Workers in electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply industries need to be careful not to get skin cancer.
Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, research on cancer risk by occupation
Male-air transport prostate cancer, specialized science is testicular cancer
Female-semiconductor leukemia, bladder cancer in education service industry
This is the result of an Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute under the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency conducted a study on the occurrence of occupational cancer in 4.13 million workers who received special health examinations. Special health checkup is a checkup conducted for workers who are exposed to 178 risk factors specified by the Occupational Safety and Health Act. It contains 69 carcinogen risk factors from the International Cancer Institute (IARC).
Occupational disease is an area of prevention. It is different from industrial accidents caused by unexpected events such as accidents. Unlike death or injuries resulting from an accident, it is characterized by group outbreaks. This is because it accumulates and develops while continuously exposed to harmful factors.
As a result of the research conducted by the Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 67.4% (27,78236) of workers showed that two or more of them were exposed to harmful factors in combination. The number of workers who were at risk of exposure to carcinogens for more than 10 years also reached 66869 (4.3%).
The most common carcinogens exposed were welding fumes. These are very small particles that occur when metals evaporate and contain all kinds of substances such as zinc. Subsequently, sulfuric acid, nickel compounds, hydrogen chloride, oil mist, formaldehyde, radiation, chromium, benzene, and trichloroethylene were exposed in this order. The industry with the highest risk of exposure to carcinogens for more than 10 years was electronics manufacturing.
The study also revealed cancer risk groups by industry. Men working in the pulp and paper industry had a 5.7 times higher risk of developing bladder cancer than the average worker. The probability of getting kidney cancer was 3.3 times higher.
Workers in the air transportation industry were found to have three times as much risk of prostate cancer. Men’s professional science and technology jobs were twice as likely to develop testicular cancer.
For women, if you work in the sewage disposal or sorting industry, you need to be careful not to get gastric cancer. The risk was 4.2 times higher than that of ordinary workers. When working in the semiconductor manufacturing industry or the electrical equipment manufacturing industry, the probability of getting cancers such as non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, leukemia, and myelodysplastic syndrome is about twice as high. Women in the education service industry had a 2.6 times higher risk of developing bladder cancer.
Senior Research Fellow Lee Kyung-eun of the Institute for Occupational Safety and Health said, “We were able to confirm the risk of cancer occurrence due to exposure to harmful factors. It is necessary to change the perception that cancer diseases that occur to workers are preventable or should be prevented. “He said.
Staff Reporter Kim Ki-chan [email protected]
