UK unions are supporting a global ‘zero cancer’ campaign targeting workplace cancers. A coalition of global unions is warning a worldwide epidemic of occupational cancer claims at least one life every 52 seconds, but says this tragedy is being ignored or seriously underestimated by both official regulators and employers.

Occupational Cancer/Zero Cancer: A trade union guide to prevention [pdf]. Hazards occupational cancer webpages and new Work cancer prevention kit, 23 March 2007. BWI occupational cancer webpages.