IOSH No Time To Lose Campaign24 Videos

Sun safety in construction

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the world. The main cause of skin cancer is exposure to damaging rays from the sun. Indoor workers receive 10–20 per cent of outdoor workers’ yearly exposure. Find out how exposure to solar radiation can cause skin cancer, hear about protection measures, and learn how to check […]

No Time to Lose campaign: silica dust launch

Experts from across UK industry debated how to collectively tackle respirable crystalline silica dust (RCS) at work. The discussion, facilitated by IOSH, took place at The Shard, London, on 14 March 2016. It marked the launch by IOSH of new guidance through its No Time to Lose occupational cancer campaign. Around 800 people in Britain […]

NTTL 200 – organisations working together to beat occupational cancer

Leading organisations who have committed to preventing occupational cancer presented strategies to manage carcinogenic exposures at IOSH’s No Time to Lose campaign event on 21 June 2017 at The Crystal in London. ‘NTTL 200 – organisations working together to beat occupational cancer’, was organised to mark the No Time to Lose campaign gaining 200 supporters […]

No Time to Lose campaign

Cancer caused by work claims the lives of 666,000 people a year worldwide. Hear Dr Lesley Rushton on work-related cancer in the UK, meet some of the people affected by carcinogenic exposures, and find out what IOSH is calling for as part of the No Time to Lose campaign. Find out more and get free […]

No Time to Lose campaign: diesel engine exhaust emissions

People regularly exposed to diesel exhaust fumes at work can be up to 40 per cent more likely to develop lung cancer. Research shows that, in Britain, more than 650 people a year die of lung or bladder cancer caused by diesel fumes at work. Across Europe, it’s estimated that there are 5,700 new diesel […]

My Story: Mark

Mark Carter was exposed to solar radiation when he joined the Merchant Navy at the age of 17. At 42, Mark was diagnosed with malignant melanoma. The cancer was treated, but thirteen and a half years later it returned, and sadly Mark passed away in 2014. Cancer caused by work claims the lives of 666,000 […]

No Time to Lose campaign: solar radiation exposure

Skin cancer cases are on the increase in the UK – and they’re rising faster than in the rest of Europe. Every year in Great Britain, on average: Solar radiation exposure kills 60 people There are at least 1,500 new cases of non-melanoma skin cancer and 240 new cases of malignant melanoma linked to sun […]

IOSH No Time to Lose asbestos real-life stories: Danielle Smalley

On Monday 9 April, IOSH is launching the fourth phase of its No Time to Lose occupational cancer campaign. This fourth phase focuses on the most deadly carcinogen of them all, asbestos. We have spoken with people who contracted asbestos-related diseases because of workplace exposures.

No Time to Lose campaign launch

IOSH launched No Time to Lose, a major new campaign, on 03 November 2014 at an event hosted by Andrew George MP at the House of Commons. Cancer caused by work exposures claims the lives of 666,000 people a year worldwide – one death every 47 seconds. No Time to Lose aims to get the […]

IOSH No Time to Lose asbestos real-life stories: Keith Hughes

On Monday 9 April, IOSH is launching the fourth phase of its No Time to Lose occupational cancer campaign. This fourth phase focuses on the most deadly carcinogen of them all, asbestos. We have spoken with people who contracted asbestos-related diseases because of workplace exposures.