∙	ILO estimates 666,000 deaths that are caused by occupational cancer globally every year, double of that for occupational accidents;
∙	In the EU28 102,500 deaths take place, twenty times of that caused by occupational accidents;
∙	Biggest killer at work in High Income Countries (WHO Classification) including the EU, Japan and others;
∙	Lung cancer counts for 54–75% of occupational cancer. Occupational exposures cause 5.3–8.4% of all cancers, and among men 17–29% of all lung cancer deaths according to best estimates;
∙	Asbestos counts for 55–85% of lung cancer, and causes other cancers and asbestos related diseases today, which could have been prevented in the past;
∙	Cancer and occupational cancer mortality increases due to growing life expectancy and gradual reduction of other causes of death, such as communicable diseases and injuries, work exposures cause cancers that have high case mortality rate, such as lung cancer;
∙	10 most important occupational carcinogens count for around 85% of all occupational deaths.