NO TIME

TO LOSE

DIESEL FUMES:FAST FACTS

WORKING TOGETHER TO BEAT OCCUPATIONAL CANCER

across Europe, it’s estimated that more than

IN EURO PE,
3.6 MILLION ROUND
THERE ARE A
workers are exposed to diesel engine
exhaust emissions above the background
levels found in our cities 4,50H0S
D E AEATR, AND
EACH Y
DIESEL EXHAUST FUMES
HAVE NOW BEEN 5,7C0AS0ES
around
CLASSIFIED AS A DEFINITE
NEW
800 new
cases HUMAN CARCINOGEN
REGISTERED
linked to
of cancer
ie s e l e x h aust fume
d
the UK
exposure in
red
are registe people regu
larly
each year o s e d to some diesel
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es at work
exhaust fum
are up to
in the UK, it’s estimated that around
40%
500,000
workers could be exposed to high
more likely
to develop
lung cancer

levels of diesel engine exhaust fumes

in Britain, more than 650 people a year die

of lung or bladder cancer as a result of being
exposed to diesel exhaust fumes at work

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