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OSH research for safe new technologies

OSH research for safe new technologies. Gérard Lasfargues Deputy Director General, Anses. OSH and new technologies. Greener and more sustainable economy Combination of old risks within new settings and conditions Green jobs and new hazards Renewable energy technologies

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OSH research for safe new technologies

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  1. OSH research for safe new technologies Gérard LasfarguesDeputy Director General, Anses

  2. OSH and new technologies • Greener and more sustainable economy • Combination of old risks within new settings and conditions • Green jobs and new hazards • Renewable energy technologies • Occupational exposure to biological agents, chemicals, new materials • Waste management and recycling • Biological, chemical agents

  3. OSH and new technologies • New work forms • Virtualization of the working environment • Integration of OSH aspects • Smart and interactive materials Efficacy ? Functionality ? … Hazards • New technologies • Extensive use of wireless communication devices, exposure to radiofrequency EMFs • Industrial biotechnologies

  4. Questions • Are the priorities identified in the EU-OSHA report relevant in terms of the EUROPE 2020 strategy and the challenges identified in the strategy? • How do the priorities identified in the report relate to the priorities for OSH research in your country/institute/research funding? • Are there some missing issues you would like to point out?

  5. Europe 2020 challenges • Excellent science • collaborative research to open up new and promising fields of research and innovation… • Provide researchers with excellent training and career development opportunities • Competitive industries • Gap between the technological progress and safety research on new technologies • Promote « responsible » technologies integrating health and safety considerations • Risk prediction tools, « precautionary principle »

  6. OSH : Precautionary Principle ? • Action principle based on • Methodical doubt • Early taking into account of hypothetic risks • Several dimensions / risk-generating activity • Potential damage assessment / advantages • Proportionality based on • Choice in the health safety level • Anticipated severity of considered damage • Potential cost of risk management measures • Uncertainty and scientific plausibility of hypothesis

  7. Europe 2020 challenges • Tackling societal challenges • Health, demographic change and wellbeing • Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research, and the bio-economy • Secure, clean and efficient energy • Smart, green and integrated transport • Inclusive, innovative and secure societies • Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials

  8. Questions • Are the priorities identified in the EU-OSHA report relevant in terms of the EUROPE 2020 strategy and the challenges identified in the strategy? • How do the priorities identified in the report relate to the priorities for OSH research in your country/institute/research funding? • Are there some missing issues you would like to point out?

  9. ANSES occupational health policy orientations • Objectives of improving knowledge and prevention from the French Occupational Health Plan • Emerging risks, new technologies • Green jobs, renewelable energy technologies • New technologies • Extensive use of wireless communication devices, exposure to radiofrequency EMFs • Manufactured nanomaterials

  10. Radiofrequency EMFs • “Traffic and Market report” (Ericsson, 2012) • A 15-fold increase in the internet traffic worldwide between 2011 and 2017 • In 2017, the voice traffic could represent less than 5% of the total traffic on mobile networks • Emergence of 4G… • Recommendations for research • strengthen the assessment of the health effects of electromagnetic fields in bands > 6 GHz…

  11. Occupational exposure to EMFs • Identification of occupational exposure to EMFs • To better characterize exposures :low, intermediate, radiofrequencies… • Regulatory framework • Mapping of occupational exposures that may exceed the thresholds of action • Analysis of measurement practices

  12. OSH and new technologies • New work forms • Virtualization of the working environment • Smart and interactive materials  Changes in work conditions, content, organization…

  13. Thank you for your attention http://www.anses.fr

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