Today, both in Russia and in other countries of the world, production is expanding everywhere, new factories, factories are being opened, new highly paid jobs are appearing. Of course, for the economies of states this is a clear plus, but what consequences for the health of the population does this modernization have?
Probably few of us at least once asked the question: "Does my workplace comply with the norm prescribed in the Labor Code?" Unfortunately, in most cases, the harmfulness at work exceeds all acceptable limits. In order not to become a victim of exposure to the body of harmful substances that cause serious illness and injury, it is necessary to clearly understand what is at stake. Let's see what constitutes harmfulness in the workplace.
Harmful factors in production can be divided into 3 types:
- physical
- chemical
- biological.
Physical factors that negatively affect a personβs well-being and state of health include low or high temperatures, air humidity, industrial noise, wind speed, ionizing radiation (radiation), etc. Chemical factors are inorganic and organic compounds with which or otherwise, employees of large factories are in contact. Biological factors are represented by pathogenic organisms (viruses, fungi, bacteria), drugs containing spores and living cells of pathogens, and, of course, microorganisms used as production strains.
For harmfulness at work, additional payments of funds, additional days of holidays and weekends, free sanitary and medical and preventive examinations of workers and, of course, the issuance of personal protective equipment (means for disinfection, special shoes, special clothing, a gas mask and other). Order No. 45n of the Ministry of Health dated February 16, 2009 provides for the standards for the issuance of milk for harmfulness or other equivalent dairy products (for example, kefir). The free issuance of milk for harmfulness in production should take place on the days of actual employment. Regardless of how many hours the shift lasts, during the first half of the day milk should be dispensed for harmfulness in the amount of 0.5 liters. If milk is replaced with other products of equal value, then their size should be: 500 grams of kefir, yogurt, fermented baked milk, yogurt. Often, employers offer cheese (60 grams with a mass fraction of fat content of at least 24%) or cottage cheese (100 grams). In the event that you wish to replace the dispensing of milk with a cash equivalent, the employer is not entitled to refuse this.
The benefits of dairy products
You can talk about the benefits of dairy products for a very long time, because they contain a huge amount of substances necessary for a person. Proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, bifidobacteria, antioxidants are just a small list of what can be found in dairy products. By consuming milk daily for food, a person makes up for the lack of useful substances in the body, removes toxins obtained in the course of labor activity at "harmful" enterprises. Scientists have repeatedly noted that people who consume enough milk improve their metabolism and the state of microflora in the intestines, and the digestive process normalizes.
But it is worth remembering that you do not need to abuse dairy products. Exceeding the fraction of milk fat in the human body can lead to diseases of the cardiovascular system, to a violation of calcium metabolism, as well as to the appearance of toxins. In everything, the norm is necessary, so purchase dairy products with the lowest proportion of fat content. Dairy products, such as cottage cheese or cheese, are not recommended to be included in the diet more often than 2-3 times a week.