Health research over 50 years

CONCAWE has been working on health issues since its formation in 1963. In the early years, the focus of this work was on occupational health hazards and risks in the refining industry.

Over the years, especially in the past decade, broader human health issues have been at the centre of environmental and regulatory debate, with ‘health effects’ increasingly being the driver behind environmental improvement and occupational health initiatives. Against this background, CONCAWE’s health research has expanded to deal with these new and emerging issues.