Nantes/Saint-Nazaire dockers battle for health
2014
10
40-43
cancer ; chemicals ; dangerous work ; docker ; exposure ; mortality ; occupational disease ; research programme ; work load ; trade union document
Occupational safety and health
English
"Up to 200 of them spend their days unloading the thousands of tonnes of cargo shipped into the French port of Nantes/Saint-Nazaire. It's a hard job, and while they now run fewer physical risks, dockers are today exposed to the “soup” of chemicals that impregnate cargoes. Wearied of seeing friends struck down by cancers, they have set going a research programme that retraces their toxin-exposed working lives."
Digital;Paper
The ETUI is co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the ETUI.