"The European Union (EU) has increased its efforts to counteract cancer due to occupational exposure. This is done by several means, including more active use and revision of the Carcinogen Directive (1), launch of the Roadmap on Carcinogens (2) and the Fight Against Occupational Cancer initiative (3). These are important steps, as more than 100 000 workers die each year from work-related cancer in Europe (4). The top seven exposures responsible for these cancers are asbestos, shift work, mineral oils, solar radiation, silica, diesel exhaust, and polyaromatic hydrocarbons. One important measure is to introduce so-called "binding occupational exposure limit values" (BOELV), which are mainly set for non-threshold carcinogens. ..."

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