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The study focuses on shipyards in north-east Italy (Trieste, Monfalcone, Venice are the interested areas) giving a tough view of the working conditions in the shipbuilding industry. This aspect is referred both to work-related injuries and occupational illness. The asbestos related are the most pernicious diseases: the “asbestos emergency”, due to its increasing epidemiology, is the worst tragedy in work illness history. The comparison among different shipyards in north-east Italy is focused on how the “asbestos risk” was managed during the “long-lasting Seventies”, a decade of deep transformations and crucial achievements in occupational safety.

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The article presents a study which aims to illustrate the epidemiological significance of upper limb (UL) work related musculo-skeletal disorders (WMSDs).

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According to available studies, migrant workers represent a vulnerable workers' category. For this reason, the Italian law on safety and health at work (art. 11, D.Lgs 81/08) points out the need for Public Administration initiatives devoted to migrant workers' health and safety at work. Local Public Health Department of Brescia for years now had a significant commitment in migrants' health. Thanks to the collaboration of occupational physicians and expert physicians on migration health, it was developed a multidimensional method to assess working risks taking into account also the fragile conditions of migrant workers, considering both personal and social characteristics and professional experience, in order to support companies in the planning of necessary actions to improve health and safety at work. The method was shared by both local industrial association and trade unions and then tested in some manufactures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the significance of environmental health research and genomic research. It is said that focusing on the genetic and environmental contributions to etiology and pathogenesis is crucial for understanding many specific pathophysiologic processes. The functional homology of different regulatory genes can be used to determine a comparative genomics approach species using microarray analysis and bioinformatics approaches.

Construction has been one of the first sectors in which an organized system of occupational health protection has been implemented, as shown by the Egyptian physicians caring for workers and artisans in building sites. During the Middle Ages, first examples of accident prevention legislation in this field may be found among the Lombards. In the same period, craft organizations led to greater social recognition of skilled workers, without a improvement in their health conditions. Ramazzini accurately described some risks of stonemasons and brick-makers (chemical and microclimatic hazards). In the following centuries, the Industrial Revolution led to a population growth in metropolitan areas and increased employment as well as accidents in the construction sector, as demonstrated by some ex-voto paintings in churches. This phenomenon became more evident in postwar recovery, forcing Italy to adopt modern accident prevention rules. Nowadays Italian legislation, complying with EU directive, provides new challenges for occupational physician. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

La protezione contro gli effetti del rumore è una lotta prioritaria cui la politica europea in materia ha dedicato sin dal 1986 una direttiva per la protezione dei lavoratori dai rischi, che fissava i limiti di esposizione dei lavoratori ai rumori. Nel corso degli anni la legislazione dei vari paesi europei è migliorata e il Sesto Programma d'Azione per l'Ambiente, "Ambiente 2010: il nostro futuro, la nostra scelta", prevede un'ulteriore riduzione del numero di persone colpite da elevati livelli di inquinamento acustico. In particolare, è necessario diminuire la popolazione esposta a rumore troppo elevato del 10% circa rispetto ai 100 milioni di persone stimati nel 2000 e del 20% circa entro il 2020. Con la direttiva 49/2002/CE del 25/06/2002 'Direttiva del Parlamento Europeo e del Consiglio relativa alla determinazione e alla gestione del rumore ambientale" la Comunità Europea si è espressa sulla tematica del rumore ambientale al fine di uniformare le definizioni ed i criteri di valutazione. Solo la prevenzione può mettere i lavoratori al riparo da eventuali danni. Si stima che nel 2010, quasi il 30% dei lavoratori nell'Unione Europea (più di 60 milioni di persone) è stato esposto a rumori forti per almeno un quarto dell'orario di lavoro, una quota invariata dal 2000. Il rumore non è oggi un problema limitato alle sole industrie manifatturiere e ad altri settori tradizionali: viene riconosciuto come problema anche nell'area dei servizi, ad esempio nei settori dell'istruzione, della sanità e della ristorazione. L'ipoacusia da rumore si conferma la malattia maggiormente denunciata in Italia nel 2010. Va posta l'attenzione sull'incremento crescente della popolazione lavorativa immigrata nel panorama industriale italiano e sulla dimostrazione recente in letteratura di una correlazione tra livello culturale basso e minore compliance all'utilizzo dei dispositivi di protezione individuale. Dai dati pubblicati dall'Istat, tramite rilevazione dalle anagrafi dei comuni italiani, i cittadini stranieri residenti nel nostro paese al 1° gennaio 2009 rappresentavano il 6,5% del totale dei residenti, circa 4 milioni. Più di 3 milioni erano lavoratori assicurati all'Inail, aumentati del 34% rispetto al 2005. Si tratta in prevalenza dipendenti in piccole aziende dell'Italia settentrionale, operanti nell'industria e terziario. Il presente lavoro si propone di studiare l'adesione ai programmi di protezione acustica individuale di lavoratori italiani provenienti dai paesi extracomunitari e caratterizzati da un livello culturale piuttosto basso. Abbiamo studiato 96 lavoratori nordafricani esposti a rumore industriale rinvenendo una stretta correlazione tra bassi livelli personali di attenuazione e basso livello culturale (grado di alfabetizzazione, proprietà e conoscenza della lingua italiana, etc.). Il grado culturale ridotto è risultato anche correlato con una elevata percezione di ostacoli all'impiego di mezzi di protezione dell'udito Le campagne di sensibilizzazione alla conservazione dell'udito nei luoghi di lavoro, ove in numero sempre crescente sono oggi presenti lavoratori immigrati, devono essere in grado di superare le inevitabili barriere linguistiche e culturali. La percezione del rischio dovrebbe essere considerata una questione fondamentale nella progettazione e attuazione di qualsiasi programma di conservazione dell'udito, in particolare nello sviluppo di programmi di formazione. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]