Four years ago, the HSE issued a safety alert about the link between mild steel welding fume and cancer. A one-day conference has been held in Glasgow by the Breathe Safe campaign to raise awareness among the UK’s 88,000 welders and their families of potential symptoms including sore eyes, itching and unsteadiness. The General Secretary, … Breathe Safe – campaign launch

The CSEU has launched a series of industrial conferences on welding fumes at a packed event in Glasgow. The purpose of the conference was both to highlight the traditional dangers associated with welding and respond to the recognition that welding fumes can cause lung cancer