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UAW Collaboration with the Blue -Green Alliance to Combat Occupational Breast Cancer
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UAW collaboration with the Blue-Green alliance on breast cancer issues resulted from new evidence of elevated breast cancer in automotive plastics manufacturing. This presentation will describe the nature of that collaboration
Methods, Results and Conclusion:
This presentation will describe occupational breast cancer training delivered to UAW members and staff as well as other collaborative efforts between the two organizations. It will describe the experience of those who received the training and the efforts undertaken to reduce carcinogen exposure in the workplace.
Learning Areas:
Environmental health sciencesOccupational health and safety
Learning Objectives:
Describe the efforts undertaken by the UAW and Blue-Green Alliance to Combat Occupational Breast Cancer
Keyword(s): Public Health Movements, Cancer and Women’s Health
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I participated in the work described in the abstract
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.