Designated Doctors update - December 2011

This newsletter includes information relevant to the Designated Doctors program and the latest information on Workplace Health and Safety Queensland campaigns and activities. We hope you find the information useful and the new format easy to use.

New work health and safety laws: Changes for Queensland health practitioners
Health practitioners involved in health surveillance should ensure they are prepared for the changes to work health and safety laws, which come into force on 1 January 2012.
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2012 WHSQ seminar for doctors on occupational medicine
The annual WHSQ seminar for doctors on occupational medicine will be held at Mirvac Quay West hotel in Brisbane on Saturday 17 March 2012.
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New film about asbestos
A new film about asbestos may be useful for doctors working with patients worried about exposure to asbestos.
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New Queensland studies
New findings have been published on two Queensland studies - the use of sunscreen in adults in preventing melanoma, and chronic exposure levels of respirable crystalline silica.
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International research news
Reviews from the British Occupational Health Research Foundation (BOHRF) into occupational asthma and contact dermatitis have been released.
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Mobile phones and risk of brain tumours
In May 2011 the WHO/International Agency for Research on Cancer classified radiofrequency fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B), based on an increased risk for glioma associated with wireless phone use.
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