asthma

• What is occupational asthma?  more...
• How common is occupational asthma?  more...
• What causes occupational asthma?  more...
• What kind of jobs might expose me to substances that cause occupational asthma?  more...
• Can occupational asthma be prevented?  more...
• Can occupational asthma be cured?  more...
• What should my employer be doing if I work with substances that cause occupational asthma?  more...
• I am worried I might have occupational asthma. What should I do?  more...
• My doctor says I have occupational asthma. What should I do now?  more...
• Can I get compensation for occupational asthma?  more...

further information

NEW: A new HSE website about latex allergies: www.hse.gov.uk/latex/

The Health and Safety Executive's Asthma web site: www.hse.gov.uk/asthma. The HSE also have a guide to latex allergy at: www.hse.gov.uklatex

Asthma at work, Rory O'Neill (1995). Available from TUC Publications, tel: 020 7467 1294, www.tuc.org.uk/publications/index.cfm, price £6.

The organisation Asthma operates a helpline on: 0845 7 01 02 03, www.asthma.org.uk

COSHH: a brief guide to the Regulations, available from www.hse.gov.uk, or HSE Books, tel: 01787 881165, fax: 01787 313995, free.

Read the label – how to find out if chemicals are dangerous, available from www.hse.gov.uk, or HSE Books, tel: 01787 881165, fax: 01787 313995, free.