The UK’s official workplace health and safety watchdog is helping the microelectronics industry cover up worrying evidence of occupational cancer risks, a campaign group has charged. Phase Two, which represents workers who believe their health was damaged by exposures at National Semiconductor’s (NSUK) plant in Greenock, Scotland and which has the support of STUC, was speaking out on the 24 August publication of a study into cancer rates at the factory.

Phase Two news release and campaign group webpages. National Semiconductor website. Green jobs, safe jobs blog. Risks 471, 28 August 2010. Also see print version Cancer collusion, Hazards 112, October-December 2010.