The National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES) calls on the State to update the table of occupational diseases, through a report published on Thursday, December 12. Several links between pathologies and professions are highlighted.
The picture of occupational diseases could soon change. The National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES) published an opinion on Thursday, December 12 in which it recommends updating the table, announces TF1 Info. ANSES recommends studying the recognition of around forty illnesses as compensable occupational pathologies.
The report highlights “cancers affecting different organs as well as non-cancerous diseases, such as cardiovascular disorders, psychological and cognitive illnesses or even respiratory pathologies such as asthma”. Examples cited include lung cancer associated with diesel engine exhaust, and breast, colon and esophageal cancers attributable to X- and Gamma-rays.
A table to update
The agency also highlights the links “probable”not currently taken into account, which exist between breast and prostate cancers and night shift work or even laryngeal cancer and work on asphalt or roofing. If these illnesses were included in the tables, employees would no longer have to prove the link with their professional activity.
In the same report, ANSES points out a delay in updating the occupational disease tables, some being obsolete. The agency therefore proposes to integrate this census into the reflection of the dedicated commissions, in order to create new tables. The final decision will be made by the State.
published on December 13 at 12:42 p.m., Hibat Benhalima, 6Medias
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