Advice needed so employers can reduce risk of
female workers developing breast cancer
 Commenting
on a study published on 29 May 2012 on the Occupational
and Environmental Medicine website, which found
that frequent night shifts are linked to an
increased risk of breast cancer, TUC General
Secretary Brendan Barber said:
'This study confirms previous research which
has shown that shift work is now the second
biggest cause of work-related cancer deaths
after asbestos.
'We need urgent advice from the HSE and government
so that employers can reduce the risk of female
workers developing breast cancer, for example
by indentifying safer shift patterns.'
This article is taken from the TUC website.
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