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Safety Bulletin 15: HSE Guidance welding fume 2019
Alerts industry to specific issues. Normally time sensitive and action may be required.
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New scientific evidence, from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, advises that exposure to mild steel welding fume can cause lung cancer and possibly kidney cancer in humans. There has been endorsement and reclassification of mild steel welding fume as a human carcinogen.
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Published 24 May 2019