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AAPA Australian Asphalt Pavement Association	AEC La Asociación Española de la Carretera	AI Asphalt Institute
ARBIT Arbit	BWA Bitumen Waterproofing Association	CONCAWE The oil companies’ European Association for environment, health and safety in refining and distribution
CRP Centro Rodoviário Português	Dansk Vejforening Dansk Vejforening (Denmark)	EAPA European Asphalt Pavement Association
ERF European Union Road Federation	Eurovia Eurovia (France)	GPB GPB
NAPA National Asphalt Pavement Association	Pro-Mobilität Pro-Mobilität	RBA RBA
RF Belgium Road Federation Belgium	RUA Road Users' Alliance (UK)	SABITA South African Bitumen and Hot-Mix Association
UFIP Union Française des Industries Pétrolières	URF Union Routière de France	USIRF Union des Syndicats de l'industrie Routière Française

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Bitumen and occupational hazard

Bitumen in service (in the road, on the roof, ... ) is an inert material and represents no hazard to human health. During its storage, transportation and application it is heated to high temperatures so, for those working with bitumen, hazards do exist, although these can be easily managed.

“Hazard” and “Risk” have very different meanings. See how they differ here.
Two new leaflets available

Two new leaflets have been produced and made their debut at E&E 2012.

'Move forward with confidence' and 'Working with confidence' provide an introduction to Eurobitume and highlight the health, safety and environmental information available on the Eurobitume website.

To view a page-turning PDF of either leaflet please click on the leaflet name above.
IARC Monograph Volume 103 article published

More detail on the IARC Monograph Volume 103 evaluation of occupational exposures to bitumen and bitumen emissions has been published - in The Lancet (December 2011) and online by IARC (17 May 2013).

Updated 22 May 2013.
The Bitumen Industry - A Global Perspective

Eurobitume and the Asphalt Institute have launched an updated, definitive guide to bitumen.