Explore the List of Occupational Diseases.
The List of Occupational Diseases Recommendation, 2002 (No. 194) requires the national lists of occupational diseases to comprise, to the extent possible, the diseases contained in the list of occupational diseases as annexed to it. Based on the work of two meetings of experts, the ILO Governing Body approved a new list of occupational diseases on 25 March 2010 during its 307th Session. This new list replaces the preceding one in the annex of Recommendation No. 194 which was adopted in 2002. The new list includes a range of internationally recognized occupational diseases, from illnesses caused by chemical, physical and biological agents to respiratory and skin diseases, musculoskeletal disorders and occupational cancer . Mental and behavioural disorders have for the first time been specifically included in the ILO list. This list also has open items in all the sections dealing with the afore-mentioned diseases. The open items allow the recognition of the occupational origin of diseas...