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The sectors and channels for treating Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) have changed considerably in recent years due to the regulatory context and to the development of new technologies. In…

The objectives of this conference, organised by INRS, were to present the chemical risk prevention tools available or in the pipeline, and to answer the questions being asked by risk prevention stakeholders as regards the risks of exposure to…

Skin protection is essential, but the efficacy of protective materials is limited. No polymer protective material constitutes a universal rampart against all chemical substances. In the working world, users of chemicals and occupational safety…

The fluorescent lamp recycling sector is growing considerably in Europe due to increasingly strict regulations aimed at inciting the consumption of low energy light bulbs and their end-of-life management. Chemical risks were assessed in…

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) or e-waste recycling sector has grown considerably in the last fifteen years due to the ever shorter life cycles of consumables and an increasingly restrictive policy context. Cathode Ray…

The selection of chemical protective materials is a major problem due to the number of chemicals used in industrial operations that is growing day to day and the variety of polymers used in the protective clothing.
The predictive software ProtecPo…

Chemical risk assessment has been carried out in WEEE recycling channels. The overview highlights the issues and the more occupational hazardous operations and processes in WEEE sectors.

Safety shoes, earplugs, masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) may be necessary in addition to collective measures in order to protect workers from risks when collective measures are not sufficient or cannot be implemented. The difficulties…

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