Aim of special session The exposure to Solar UV Radiation is a significant risk factor in several occupational activities and the adverse health effects induced in exposed workers, mainly to the skin and to the eye, are relevant, frequent and well documented. Nevertheless, we have to admit that this important occupational risk is usually underestimated, if not ignored. On the contrary, the development of adequate preventive measures represents a priority in OHS. Objective of this Special Session is an update on the results on exposure evaluation, adverse effects and enforceable prevention strategies in exposed workers

Presenters March Wittlich¹, Pietro Sartorelli², Swen Malte John³, Alberto Modenese⁴, Peter Connaughton⁵, Shengli Niu⁶

¹Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (IFA), Sankt Augustin, Germany

²Unit of Occupational Medicine AOU Senese, Department of Medical Biotechnology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

³Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine, Health Theory – Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Osnabrueck, Osnabrueck, Germany

⁴University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

⁵The Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Perth, Australia

⁶International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland