NZOHS supports IOSH ‘No Time To Lose’ Campaign

Cancer caused by what people do at work is nothing new. One of the first official cases of an occupational cancer was identified in the eighteenth century. 

Supporter logoIOSH’s No Time to Lose campaign aims to get carcinogenic exposure issues more widely understood and help businesses take action. The campaign is working to:

  • Raise awareness of a significant health issue facing workers.
  • Suggest some solutions to tackle the problem.
  • Offer free practical, original materials to businesses to help them deliver effective prevention programmes.
  • Various organisations have pledged their support for the campaign and below is our very own;

‘It is good to see the IOSH No Time To Lose campaign focusing not only on raising awareness of work-related occupational cancers but also offering practicable support to aid businesses in developing their prevention programmes.  The NZOHS is supportive of this campaign and looks forward to working with IOSH and its International partners in identifying new ways to improve our focus on preventative measures to aid business and workers to have a better understanding of occupational cancers and what they need to do to manage these. This campaign is a move in the right direction’. Derek Miller, President New Zealand Occupational Hygiene Society (NZOHS).

For more information go to the IOSH working together to beat cancer website – http://www.notimetolose.org.uk/About-NTTL.aspx