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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to start by thanking Mr Őry for all his hard work. I should also like to thank him for his cooperation on this report, which I had the opportunity to discuss with him as shadow rapporteur for our group. I agree with Mrs Oomen-Ruijten that the debate on this report has gone on too long, and that it has been sensationalised by certain press outlets as a result of a lack of clarity in the Commission’s and Council’s positions.
There is no doubt in my mind that the protection of workers from health risks arising from optical radiation is a matter that should be regulated at EU level. After all, such an approach also reflects the findings of the report which I tabled on health protection at work, and which the House adopted some time ago.
As one of the previous speakers noted, the World Health Organisation has reported that the number of people dying of skin cancer is in the thousands. This means that there is a clear need to afford greater protection to workers who are exposed to optical radiation, in particular from natural sources. I fail to understand the logic of those Members who wish to exclude natural radiation, and I am likewise opposed to those amendments aimed at allowing employers to decide for themselves whether or not to raise their employees’ awareness about optical radiation and to protect them from it. Protecting workers is not cheap, but it is indispensable if we genuinely wish to improve health protection at work."@en1
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