Prevalencias de exposición a riesgos laborales en trabajadoras embarazadas (proyecto INMA-Valencia)

Abstract

This study is the first to quantify the prevalence of exposure to occupational risks during pregnancy in a Spanish population-based sample. According to the data observed, surveillance and control actions should be intensified in pregnant workers, as some of the observed occupational exposures have been consistently associated with detrimental reproductive and developmental effects.

Barriers for the prevention of chemical exposures in pregnant and breast-feeding workers?

“…The working environment is an important source of exposure to toxic substances and other risk factors for pregnant workers 1. European Pregnant Workers Directive 92/85 obliges employers to protect workers and to avoid risks for reproduction, pregnancy and breast-feeding.…”