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In 2024, the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs will award the German Hazardous Substance Protection Prize of 10,000 euros for the fifteenth time. Under the motto “Safe. Better. Work”, the focus this year is once again on protection against carcinogenic hazardous substances. The German Hazardous Substance Protection Award (GSP) has been honoring exemplary and pioneering activities for 30 years. Applications can now be submitted.
According to recent reports by the BG BAU, asbestos is still one of the most common causes of illness and death in connection with work-related illnesses. The figures have even risen steadily in recent years. According to the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS), wherever old buildings are involved, factors such as climate change or the changing demographic structure of our society are causing pressure to modernize, which inevitably brings many occupational groups into direct or indirect contact with this substance.