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The SDGs 3 and 8 highlight the need to guarantee healthy lives and encourage well-being and decent work for all. WHO recognized as priority settings for action the workplaces reporting more than 1.2 million deaths annually due to occupational risks. Only a small fraction of the general workforce has access to occupational health surveillance. HERA from the EU presented a priority list of top health threats that require coordination of measures at the EU level, since they have the potential of spreading across Member States: pathogens with high pandemic potential; chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats; and threats resulting from antimicrobial resistance. WHO releases a list of fungal priority pathogens but without considering the toxicological relevance. In all European countries employers are obliged by regulation to assess and prevent exposure to occupational risks (Directive 89/391/EEC). Directive 2000/54/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of September 18, 2000, sets the rules regarding risk assessment if exposure to biological agents cannot be avoided (2000/54/EC, 2000). Scientific evidence associates occupational exposure to bioaerosols (bacteria, fungi, and metabolites) with health outcomes.
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H&TRC authors gratefully acknowledge support given by FCT/MCTES UIDP/05608/2020, UIDB/05608/2020, and Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa through the projects IPL/IDI&CA2023/FoodAIIEU_ESTeSL, IPL/IDI&CA2023/ASPRisk_ESTeSL, and IPL/IDI&CA2023/ARAFSawmills_ESTeSL.
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Occupational health Occupational exposure Climate change Mycotoxins Mycotoxins FCT_UIDP/05608/2020 FCT_UIDB/05608/2020 IPL/IDI&CA2023/FoodAIIEU_ESTeSL IPL/IDI&CA2023/ASPRisk_ESTeSL IPL/IDI&CA2023/ARAFSawmills_ESTeSL
Citation
Viegas C, Viegas S. Climate change and the impact on fungi and mycotoxins. In: 14th International Conference of Mycotoxins and Moulds, Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego Bydgoszcz (Poland), June 19-20, 2024.