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• COSHH – How does it affect you in your industry?
  How does Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health affect you in your industry? – From this page select your industry to view key messages and how COSHH affects you.
  
  
• Lung diseases – Causes of extrinsic allergic alveolitis
  Extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA) refers to a group of lung diseases that can develop after exposure to certain substances. The name describes the origin and the nature of these diseases, symptoms can include: fever, cough, worsening breathlessness and weight loss.
  
  
• What is a “substance hazardous to health”?
  COSHH covers substances that are hazardous to health. Substances can take many forms and include chemicals, products containing chemicals, fumes, dusts, vapours, mists, nanotechnology, gases and asphyxiating gases and biological agents.
  
  
• EH40/2005 Workplace exposure limits
  This edition of EH40 replaces the previous version, first published in 2005, and takes account of new substances and workplace exposure limits (WELs) introduced in 2007 and 2011.
  
  
• RR900 – Visualisation and control of solder fume exposure: A quantitative assessment of LEV effectiveness
  Colophony or Rosin Based Solder Flux Fume is a known cause of occupational asthma and as such exposure to it should be controlled. An effective method of engineering exposure control is to use local exhaust ventilation (LEV) to extract the fume at source.
  
  
• Next meeting of Hanson Cement Investigation Response Team (Public Health Wales release)
  The sixth meeting of the Hanson Cement Investigation Response Team is taking place on Tuesday 6 December 2011 when experts from Public Health Wales, the Health Protection Agency, and the Health and Safety Executive will present the final elements of the investigation’s work.
  
  
• Managing COSHH offshore – Paint spraying advice
  This Offshore Essentials sheet will help assess the risks from paint spraying and identify good control practice as well as reviewing existing control practice.
  
  
• South Tyneside manufacturer fined after workers exposed to hazardous fumes
  A South Tyneside company has been prosecuted for putting workers’ health at risk by exposing them to known hazardous fumes.
  
  
• COSHH – Your top questions answered
  Some of the most common Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) related health and safety questions.
  
  
• Farmers flock to attend safety event in East Yorkshire
  Farmers are queuing up to attend free safety events in Burton Constable to help them get to grips with health and safety in one of Britain’s most dangerous industries.
  
  
• Farmers encouraged to attend Lancaster safety event
  Farmers are being encouraged to attend a free training event in Lancaster to get to grips with health and safety in one of Britain’s most dangerous industries.
  
  
• Managing COSHH – offshore Painting by brush/roller (OCE2)
  Describing good practice for mixing and spraying solvent-based paint (but does not apply to water-based paint). Covers the key points you need to follow to help reduce exposure to an acceptable level, as part of your COSHH assessment.