Home » World » Listen to the podcast: Melanoma – an occupational disease?

Listen to the podcast: Melanoma – an occupational disease?

Delivery date: 2024-08-21 14:30

TOK FM Health Guide YOU ARE LISTENING

1
min

Share:

Copy link:

Copy link

Share on your page:

Copy Code Preview

Melanoma Awareness Week is celebrated every year in May. This year, for the 13th time, the slogan was “Protect your skin professionally.”
The word “professionally” means professionally, well, but in this case it is also about drawing attention to the risk of melanoma among people performing certain professions
At the same time, surveys show that this group of people is not very aware of the risks they are exposed to. This mainly concerns men who, due to their profession, work outdoors and are subject to long-term exposure to UV radiation. These include construction workers, farmers, beekeepers, people working at heights, road repairs. However, doctors point out that skin cancer caused by exposure to UV radiation is not classified as an occupational disease in Polish law. Therefore, people who work outdoors are not covered by mandatory preventive care. They also do not have the right to appropriate protective clothing.
I used:

TOK FM

Choose a package for yourself and listen to ad-free broadcasts and podcasts only for subscribers, on the TOK FM website and mobile app

I choose Podcast

Automatic podcast transcription

The transcription text is computer-generated and may contain errors. It is not a record of the broadcast content or a work of journalism. To listen to the original broadcast, play the audio podcast.

More information » Good day. Ewa Podolska Melanoma Awareness Week is celebrated every year in May, this year for the 13th time, and the slogan is protecting occupational skin? This word professionally means professionally, well, but in this case. It is also about drawing attention to the risk of melanoma in people performing certain professions. At the same time, surveys show that this group of people is not very aware of the threat to which they are exposed. This applies primarily to men who, due to their profession, perform their work outdoors and are subject to long-term exposure to radiation. Resolutions. These include, for example, construction workers, farmers, beekeepers, people working at heights during road repairs. However, doctors point out that skin cancer caused by exposure to radiation resolutions are not classified as an occupational disease in Polish law, which is why people performing work outdoors are not covered by mandatory preventive care, nor are they entitled to appropriate protective clothing. Medical guide with a radiograph for health from Monday to Friday after 2:30 p.m.

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.