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Workplace Toxins OHS Course Greater Vancouver

Date: Wednesday April 18, 2007 from 7:30 pm to 3:30 am

What toxic dangers lurk at your workplace?

Are you exposed to harmful toxins such as: chemical solvents and cleaners, electro-magnetic fields, diesel fumes, wood dust, or asbestos at your workplace?

In this course participants will learn:

  • about the relationship between health and environmental effects of exposure to toxins at their workplaces,
  • about worker rights and protections under the WCB OH&S Regulation,
  • about the sources and effects of exposure to: carcinogens, endocrine disruptors, neuro and reproductive toxins, liver and kidney toxins and sensitizers,
  • to identify essential components of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and how to use resources to assist in analyzing MSDS information, and
  • to work on an exposure control plan for their workplace.

Participants are asked to bring MSDS from products used in their workplace.

For registration information, download PDF below.

Registration Deadline:  April 11, 2007

Location:

B.C. Federation of Labour
200-5118 Joyce Street
Vancouver BC

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