Mesothelioma incidence and asbestos exposure in Italian national priority contaminated sites

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The relationship between office type and job satisfaction: Testing a multiple mediation model through ease of interaction and well-being by Otterbring T, Pareigis J, Wästlund E, Makrygiannis A, Lindström A Employees who work in open-plan offices reported lower levels of job satisfaction, subjective well-being, and ease of interaction with co-workers than employees who work in cellular or shared-room offices. Therefore, decision-makers should consider the impact of open office environment on employees rather than focusing solely on cost-effective office layout, flexibility, and productivity. Short communication Scand J Work Environ Health. 2018;44(3):330-334. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3707 The relationship between office type and job satisfaction: Testing a multiple mediation model through ease of interaction and well-being Methods A brief survey including measures of office type, ease of interaction with coworkers, subjective wellbeing, and job satisfaction was sent electronically to 1500 Swedish real-estate agents, 271 of whom returned usable surveys. The data were analyzed using a regression-based serial multiple mediation model (PROCESS Model 6), which tested whether the relationship between office type and job satisfaction would be mediated by ease of interaction and, in turn, subjective well-being. AffiliationResults A negative relationship was found between the number of coworkers sharing an office and employees' job satisfaction. This association was serially mediated by ease of interaction with coworkers and subjective well-being, with employees working in small and medium-sized open-plan offices reporting lower levels of both these aspects than employees who work in either cellular or shared-room offices.Conclusions Open-plan offices may have short-term financial benefits, but these benefits may be lower than the costs associated with decreased job satisfaction and well-being. Therefore, decision-makers should consider the impact of office type on employees rather than focusing solely on cost-effective office layout, flexibility, and productivity.

Occupational diseases in Italian national priority contaminated sites

“…Accordingly, malignant mesothelioma, lung cancer, and other diseases of the respiratory system represented the great part of occupational compensated cases in these sites. The highest excess of occupational disease cases in the North East was observed in the site at Trieste, where excess malignant mesotheliomas, pleural and pulmonary diseases, back disorders and soft tissue diseases were observed, in the setting of a wide spectrum of industrial plants . In Central Italy, the sites at Livorno and Terni had the highest excesses of acknowledged occupational diseases.…”

“…In Central Italy, the sites at Livorno and Terni had the highest excesses of acknowledged occupational diseases. The sources of contamination (including refinery and docks activities in Livorno and a large steel industry and special landfill in Terni) do not specifically identify asbestos, but a statistical significantly excess and a geographical cluster of malignant mesotheliomas have been previously identified in these areas . In Southern Italy (including the Isles), a notable impact of occupational diseases was observed in the site of Sulcis‐Iglesiente‐Guspinese (2064 established, against 355 expected cases), where coalmines and quarries were active until the 1970s.…”

Epidemiology of malignant mesothelioma in Italy: surveillance systems, territorial clusters and occupations involved

“…Recently an extensive analysis of MM incidence in Italian national priority contaminated sites (NPCSs) has been performed (18), evidencing an overall excess of 1,531 cases in these areas. It is remarkable that mesothelioma occurrence resulted higher than expected also in sites for which asbestos was not explicitly cited as contaminant in the official documents.…”

Circulating Epigenetic Biomarkers in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: State of the Art and critical Evaluation

“…Exposure to asbestos other than in the occupational setting affects also the families of asbestos-workers, people living close to places where asbestos is mined or processed, and the populations exposed to the fragmentation of asbestos artefacts (10)(11)(12)(13).…”