General profile of Québec workers’ exposure to carcinogens Abstract The list of substances and working conditions associated with a high risk of cancer in the workplace continues to increase and the CSST has placed carcinogens among the priorities of its 2008-2010 implementation plan. The IRSST has been working for years on some known carcinogens (according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer), such as beryllium and silica. However, for research needs to be prioritized, the extent of the problem must be known, and a status report has to be developed in terms of exposure to the substances and the exposure circumstances.The aim of this project is to estimate the proportion of Québec workers exposed to known or probable carcinogens and the number of establishments involved, by economic activity sector. Once the information is available, the estimates will be presented according to the workers' gender and age group. The data will originate from laboratory analyses and other databases available at the IRSST, from Québec health surveys, from information collected in the CAREX Canada project (Surveillance of environmental & occupational exposure for cancer prevention) and from other international databases. Produced Under this Project Scientific Reports Carcinogenic substances – Exposure profile of Québec workers Research Report: R-732, R-830 Video Reports and Conferences General profile of Québec workers’ exposure to carcinogens Conference: CF-059 Simplified Articles Substances cancérogènesPortrait de l'exposition des travailleurs québécois Volume 25, n0 4 Scientific Publications Un premier pas vers la prévention des cancers d'origine professionnelle au Québec: portrait de l'exposition aux cancérogènesFrance Labrèche, Ostiguy C., Goyer N., Baril M., Duguay P., Boucher A., Roberge B.Source : in La prévention un investissement qui rapporte : Congrès de l'AQHSST, (33e : 11-13 mai, 2011 : Trois-Rivières, Canada), 2011Carcinogens exposure prevalence as a first step toward preventing occupational cancers: advantages and drawbacks (Poster)France Labrèche, Duguay P., Ostiguy C., Boucher A., Roberge B., Goyer N., Baril M.Source : in Conference on Epidemiology in Occupational Health / EPICOH, (22nd : September 6-9, 2011 : Oxford, UK), 2011Estimating occupational exposure to carcinogens in QuebecFrance Labrèche, Duguay P. , Ostiguy C. , Boucher A. , Roberge B. , Peters C. E., Demers P. A.Source : American Journal of Industrial Medicine, vol. 56, no 9, 2013, p. 1040-1050Quelques facettes de la recherche sur les cancers reliés au travailFrance LabrècheSource : in Colloque IRSST "Maladies professionnelles: portrait, défis et perspectives", (28 novembre, 2014 : Montréal, Canada), 2014 Additional Information Type: Project Number: 2010-0005 Status: Completed Year of completion: 2012 Research Field: Chemical and Biological Hazard Prevention Team: France Labrèche (IRSST)Claude Ostiguy (IRSST)Nicole Goyer (IRSST)Marc Baril (IRSST)Patrice Duguay (IRSST)Alexandre Boucher (IRSST)